#3949 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Western Conifer Seed Bug

🇳🇱 Bladpootrandwants ·Leptoglossus occidentalis

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Holger Krisp · CC BY 4.0
2. © Wildlife in a Dorset garden. · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © SilverBack82 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Léo-Guy de Repentigny · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Mehmet Akif Suna · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Léo-Guy de Repentigny · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Chris Moody · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Chris Moody · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The western conifer seed bug , Leptoglossus occidentalis , sometimes abbreviated as WCSB , is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains (California to British Columbia, east to Idaho and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America, and has become an invasive species in parts of Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 1,022iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 98,091iNaturalist 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 1,022 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #8 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
98,091 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Otto Heidemann in 1910 (116 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.