#4013 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Two-spined Grass Bug
🇳🇱 Tweedoornsmallijf ·Stenodema calcarata
📍 6525 GJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
📍 1792 BE Oudeschild, Nederland
📍 3434 GG Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 Rozendaal, Nederland
📍 9451 AA Rolde, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Cooper · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Konstantin Grebennikov · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 5. 6525 GJ Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 1792 BE Oudeschild, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. 3434 GG Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Rozendaal, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9451 AA Rolde, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Stenodema calcarata is a species of bug from Miridae family, that can be found in Central, and Western Europe.
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 113 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,421 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1807 (219 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Two-spined Grass Bug
- Nederlands
- Tweedoornsmallijf
- scientific name
- Stenodema calcarata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Miridae
- sightings in NL
- 113
- sightings in Europe
- 1,756
- sightings worldwide
- 2,421
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,911
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1807 by Carl Fredrik Fallén
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 499244, Wikidata Q3498359, GBIF 6096767, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.