#3942 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Green Shield Bug

🇳🇱 Groene schildwants ·Palomena prasina

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The green shield bug ( Palomena prasina ) is a shield bug of the family Pentatomidae. It may also be referred to as a green stink bug, particularly outside of Britain, although the name green stink bug more appropriately belongs to the larger North American stink bug, Acrosternum hilare . The adult green shield bug ranges in the colour of their backs from bright green to bronze, without any substantial markings. Green shield bugs are a very common shield...

base stats

NL sightings 3,144iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 76,260iNaturalist 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 3,144 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
76,260 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).