#3988 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Vernal Shield Bug

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke schildwants ·Peribalus strictus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Lupoli Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Иван Матершев · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Boxtel, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 1261 Blaricum, Netherlands:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bemmel, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Peribalus strictus , common name Vernal Shieldbug , is a species of shield bugs in the family Pentatomidae.

base stats

NL sightings 205iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,629iNaturalist 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 205 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #47 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
8,629 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803 (223 years ago).