#4016 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Nettle ground bug
🇳🇱 Netelringpoot ·Heterogaster urticae
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Heterogaster urticae is a species of true bug in the family Heterogastridae. It is found in Africa and Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China).
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 106 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,666 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Nettle ground bug
- Nederlands
- Netelringpoot
- scientific name
- Heterogaster urticae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Heterogastridae
- sightings in NL
- 106
- sightings in Europe
- 1,865
- sightings worldwide
- 2,666
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,278
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 390463, Wikidata Q909435, GBIF 2008338, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.