#3983 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Andromeda Lace Bug
🇳🇱 Rotsheidenetwants ·Stephanitis takeyai
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Noah Kumada · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The andromeda lace bug ( Stephanitis takeyai ) is a pest insect on plants of the genus Pieris , especially Pieris japonica , the Japanese andromeda. It originated in Japan with its host plant but has since been introduced to other areas of the globe. At least one Pieris species, Pieris floribunda , is resistant to the bug.
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 239 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #42 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 1,214 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Andromeda Lace Bug
- Nederlands
- Rotsheidenetwants
- scientific name
- Stephanitis takeyai
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Tingidae
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 239
- sightings in Europe
- 624
- sightings worldwide
- 1,214
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,385
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Tingidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 469978, Wikidata Q3973157, GBIF 2020686, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.