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Woundwort Shield Bug

🇳🇱 Andoornschildwants ·Stagonomus venustissimus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Karol Ox · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © Robert Flogaus-Faust · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Til Mann · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. Netherlands:© stellamaris8 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Meer Planten · CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Alkmaar, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Woundwort Shield Bug, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Karol Ox · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Stagonomus venustissimus , common name woundwort shieldbug , is a species of shieldbug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 96iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,079iNaturalist 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 96 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,079 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Woundwort Shield Bug
Nederlands
Andoornschildwants
scientific name
Stagonomus venustissimus
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Pentatomidae
sightings in NL
96
sightings in Europe
3,905
sightings worldwide
4,079
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Pentatomidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1293321, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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