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#4010 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Bordered Shieldbug

🇳🇱 Kleefkruidgraafwants ·Legnotus limbosus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
Bordered Shieldbug, 9743 AA Groningen, Netherlands, photo 1 of 10
1/10· 📍 9743 AA Groningen, Netherlands © Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De kleefkruidgraafwants ( Legnotus limbosus ) is een wants uit de familie graafwantsen (Cydnidae). De soort werd voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Étienne Louis Geoffroy in 1785.

base stats

  • NL sightings 121iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,054iNaturalist 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 121 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,054 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Bordered Shieldbug
Nederlands
Kleefkruidgraafwants
scientific name
Legnotus limbosus
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Sehiridae
sightings in NL
121
sightings in Europe
1,907
sightings worldwide
2,054
GBIF records in NL
2,754
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Sehiridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 624510, Wikidata Q10716299, GBIF 5758810, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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