#4120 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Rotsridderwants
Spilostethus saxatilis
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marco Bondini · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Cosimo Costanzia di Costigliole · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
- 5. © Karol Ox · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Olli Pihlajamaa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Mario Bassini · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. © Ettore Balocchi · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Ettore Balocchi · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Spilostethus saxatilis is a species of bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.
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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 8,669 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Rotsridderwants
- scientific name
- Spilostethus saxatilis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Lygaeidae
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 8,373
- sightings worldwide
- 8,669
- GBIF records in NL
- 285
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Lygaeidae
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👀 268 in NL
#4054 📷 10Elm Seed Bug
🇳🇱 Iepenridderwants
Arocatus melanocephalus
👀 60 in NL
#4128 📷 7Black-and-Red Bug
🇳🇱 Prachtridderwants
Lygaeus equestris
👀 1 in NL
#4129 📷 8Praalridderwants
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
👀 1 in NL
#4164 📷 9Large Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
🌍 96.6k seen
#4175 📷 8Small Milkweed Bug
Lygaeus kalmii
🌍 42.9k seen
#4134 📷 8Indian Milkweed Bug
🇳🇱 Pandoerridderwants
Spilostethus pandurus
🌍 16k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 327211, Wikidata Q592695, GBIF 4486328, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.