#3975 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Birch Catkin Bug
🇳🇱 Berkensmalsnuit ·Kleidocerys resedae
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what is it?
Kleidocerys resedae , the birch catkin bug , is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.
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 268 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #34 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 18,505 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1797 (229 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Birch Catkin Bug
- Nederlands
- Berkensmalsnuit
- scientific name
- Kleidocerys resedae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Lygaeidae
- sightings in NL
- 268
- sightings in Europe
- 9,150
- sightings worldwide
- 18,505
- GBIF records in NL
- 23,409
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1797 by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
relatives· Lygaeidae
#4054 📷 10Elm Seed Bug
🇳🇱 Iepenridderwants
Arocatus melanocephalus
👀 60 in NL
#4120 📷 10Rotsridderwants
Spilostethus saxatilis
👀 2 in NL
#4128 📷 7Black-and-Red Bug
🇳🇱 Prachtridderwants
Lygaeus equestris
👀 1 in NL
#4129 📷 8Praalridderwants
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
👀 1 in NL
#4164 📷 9Large Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
🌍 96.6k seen
#4175 📷 8Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
🌍 42.9k seen
#4134 📷 8Indian Milkweed Bug
🇳🇱 Pandoerridderwants
Spilostethus pandurus
🌍 16k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 261586, Wikidata Q175045, GBIF 2007673, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.