#4082 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Marsh Damsel Bug

🇳🇱 Moerassikkelwants ·Nabis limbatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Tina Ellegaard Poulsen · CC BY 4.0
2. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © plant_invertebrate · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Christian Ryan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Zoetermeer, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Leiden, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. De Brand, Udenhout, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Udenhout, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Nabis limbatus is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. It is introduced in Canada. In the Alps, it rises to about 1400 meters above sea level. In the South of Europe,found only in the central uplands....

base stats

NL sightings 33iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,844iNaturalist 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 33 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,844 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom in 1851 (175 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Marsh Damsel Bug
Nederlands: Moerassikkelwants
scientific name: Nabis limbatus
class: Insecta
order: Hemiptera
family: Nabidae
sightings in NL: 33
sightings in Europe: 1,617
sightings worldwide: 1,844
GBIF records in NL: 831
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1851 by Anders Gustaf Dahlbom

relatives· Nabidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 510325, Wikidata Q6956956, GBIF 4487108, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.