#4009 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Gorse Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Bremschildwants ·Piezodorus lituratus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Boris Loboda · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Simon Oliver · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 6. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Louis Aureglia · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Louis Aureglia · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Piezodorus lituratus , common name gorse shield bug , is a species of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs.
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 122 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,455 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Gorse Shield Bug
- Nederlands
- Bremschildwants
- scientific name
- Piezodorus lituratus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- sightings in NL
- 122
- sightings in Europe
- 8,824
- sightings worldwide
- 9,455
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,493
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Pentatomidae
#3942 📷 9Green Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Groene schildwants
Palomena prasina
👀 3.1k in NL
#3946 📷 10Mottled Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Grauwe Veldwants
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
👀 1.4k in NL
#3948 📷 10Forest Bug
🇳🇱 Roodpootschildwants
Pentatoma rufipes
👀 1.1k in NL
#3950 📷 10European Striped Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Pyjamaschildwants
Graphosoma italicum
👀 984 in NL
#3951 📷 10Sloe Bug
🇳🇱 Bessenschildwants
Dolycoris baccarum
👀 918 in NL
#3964 📷 8Cabbage Bug
🇳🇱 Koolschildwants
Eurydema oleracea
👀 357 in NL
#3974 📷 10Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Bruingemarmerde schildwants
Halyomorpha halys
👀 276 in NL
#3977 📷 9Southern Green Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke groene schildwants
Nezara viridula
👀 265 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 430052, Wikidata Q3023708, GBIF 2078821, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.