#3981 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Mottled Sedge
🇳🇱 Bladplakker ·Glyphotaelius pellucidus
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 6721 Bennekom, Nederland
📍 Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 3439 LX Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 9204 EB Drachten, Nederland
📍 Grubbenvorst, Horst, Grubbenvorst Dr. Baggen, 5971 PB Grubbenvorst, Nederland
📍 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Til Mann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 6721 Bennekom, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, NL:© hdreko · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 3439 LX Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. 9204 EB Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Grubbenvorst, Horst, Grubbenvorst Dr. Baggen, 5971 PB Grubbenvorst, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. 3925 Scherpenzeel, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Amsterdam, Oude Haagseweg:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Glyphotaelius pellucidus is a species of insect belonging to the family Limnephilidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 245 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #40 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 3,846 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Mottled Sedge
- Nederlands
- Bladplakker
- scientific name
- Glyphotaelius pellucidus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Trichoptera
- family
- Limnephilidae
- sightings in NL
- 245
- sightings in Europe
- 3,349
- sightings worldwide
- 3,846
- GBIF records in NL
- 19,467
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Limnephilidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324273, Wikidata Q147547, GBIF 1442831, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.