#4074 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Common Green Capsid

🇳🇱 Groene appelschaduwwants ·Lygocoris pabulinus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
4. Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Voorveld OudeHaagseweg 51, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Doorwerth, Netherlands:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lygocoris pabulinus also known as the common green capsid , is a species of bug from the family Miridae which can be found throughout Europe (except for Greece, Malta, and Iceland). It feeds on plants.

base stats

NL sightings 38iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,041iNaturalist 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).