#3986 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Tree Damsel Bug
🇳🇱 Boomsikkelwants ·Himacerus apterus
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Сергей Неклюдов · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Benny B. Larsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © David McCorquodale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Konrad Zobel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Himacerus apterus , known as the tree damsel bug , is a species of damsel bug belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.
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 223 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #45 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 6,823 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798 (228 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Tree Damsel Bug
- Nederlands
- Boomsikkelwants
- scientific name
- Himacerus apterus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Nabidae
- sightings in NL
- 223
- sightings in Europe
- 5,878
- sightings worldwide
- 6,823
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,239
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1798 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Nabidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 333735, Wikidata Q811622, GBIF 2021041, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.