#3958 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
bright-spotted groundbug
🇳🇱 Gewone rookwants ·Rhyparochromus vulgaris
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Amada44 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Lynette · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Amada44 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © anonymous · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © anonymous · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © anonymous · CC BY 4.0
- 9. © Christophe Quintin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Rhyparochromus vulgaris is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is found in Africa, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.
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 467 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 13,883 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- bright-spotted groundbug
- Nederlands
- Gewone rookwants
- scientific name
- Rhyparochromus vulgaris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Rhyparochromidae
- sightings in NL
- 467
- sightings in Europe
- 10,470
- sightings worldwide
- 13,883
- GBIF records in NL
- 21,173
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Rhyparochromidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 141731, Wikidata Q10654483, GBIF 5152523, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.