#3957 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

🇳🇱 Brandnetelblindwants ·Liocoris tripustulatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Slimguy · CC BY 4.0
6. © janet graham · CC BY 4.0
7. 1791 DD Den Burg, Netherlands:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. 6744 WS Ederveen, Nederland:© Benno · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

base stats

NL sightings 470iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,380iNaturalist 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 470 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #16 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
10,380 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 (245 years ago).