#4003 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Lime seed bug
🇳🇱 Lindenspitskop ·Oxycarenus lavaterae
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Rivierenwijk, Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Lage Bergse Bos, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Heikel B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Cédric Mondy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © rober025 · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © rober025 · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Rivierenwijk, Utrecht, Netherlands:© severinus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lage Bergse Bos, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, NL:© peter maaskant · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Oxycarenus lavaterae , common name lime seed bug , is a species of ground bug belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Oxycareninae.
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 136 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 12,624 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 (239 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Lime seed bug
- Nederlands
- Lindenspitskop
- scientific name
- Oxycarenus lavaterae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Oxycarenidae
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 136
- sightings in Europe
- 11,400
- sightings worldwide
- 12,624
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,867
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 209661, Wikidata Q7115871, GBIF 4486243, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.