#4026 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Two-spotted Grass Bug

🇳🇱 Grasbloemwants ·Stenotus binotatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Steve Kerr · CC BY 4.0
2. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Possums' End · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Steve King · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © tom ward · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © kidneymoth · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Stenotus binotatus is a species of plant bug, originally from Europe, but now also established across North America and New Zealand. 28 in) long, yellowish, with darker markings on the pronotum and forewings. It feeds on various grasses, and can be a pest of crops such as wheat.

base stats

NL sightings 90iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,284iNaturalist 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).