#4021 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Eurasian Water Scorpion
🇳🇱 Waterschorpioen ·Nepa cinerea
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Nepa cinerea is a species of water scorpion (Nepidae), found in Central Europe and the British Isles.
base stats
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 101 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 8,139 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Water Scorpion
- Nederlands
- Waterschorpioen
- scientific name
- Nepa cinerea
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Nepidae
- sightings in NL
- 101
- sightings in Europe
- 7,579
- sightings worldwide
- 8,139
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,679
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Nepidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 133020, Wikidata Q370289, GBIF 5152456, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.