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#4067 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

European Turtle-bug

🇳🇱 Haakjesschildwants ·Podops inunctus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
European Turtle-bug, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Boris Loboda · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

De haakjeswants ( Podops inuncta ) of Podops inunctus , ook wel haakjesschildwants genoemd, is een kleine, bruine wants uit de schildwantsenfamilie Pentatomidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 43iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 880iNaturalist 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 43 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 880 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
European Turtle-bug
Nederlands
Haakjesschildwants
scientific name
Podops inunctus
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Pentatomidae
sightings in NL
43
sightings in Europe
835
sightings worldwide
880
GBIF records in NL
1,438
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Pentatomidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451711, Wikidata Q2437793, GBIF 4485704, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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