handsome plant bug

base stats

• NL sightings 352iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 5,245iNaturalist observations

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 352 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #25 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
• 🌍5,245 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1807 (219 years ago).

fact sheet

English

handsome plant bug

Nederlands

Voorjaarseikenblindwants

scientific name

Harpocera thoracica

class

Insecta

order

Hemiptera

family

Miridae

sightings in NL

352

sightings in Europe

4,561

sightings worldwide

5,245

GBIF records in NL

17,133

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1807 by Carl Fredrik Fallén