#3973 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Striped Oak Bug

🇳🇱 Gestreepte eikenblindwants ·Rhabdomiris striatellus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Evgeny Komarov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jerry Lanfear · CC BY 4.0
3. © Shamgar Brook · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
5. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
6. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6744 PE Ederveen, Nederland:© Benno · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. BurgGolf Wijchen, Wijchen, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. 7245 Laren, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhabdomiris striatellus is a bug found widespread through the palearctic ecozone and common in the United Kingdom. The species is partial to oak trees. 4 in). The body is yellow to reddish brown and has yellow veins and dark stripes on its wings. The bug can also be much darker and similar to its relative, Miris striatus . The larvae suck flowers and fruits while the adults prey on aphids...

base stats

NL sightings 292iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,167iNaturalist 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 292 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #32 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
4,167 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.