#3989 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Pied shield bug
🇳🇱 Dovenetelwants ·Tritomegas bicolor
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Zeddam, Netherlands
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 3513 EV Utrecht, Nederland
📍 2807 RE Gouda, Nederland
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Even Dankowicz · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Karol Ox · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Valentina · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Göran Liljeberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Zeddam, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. 3513 EV Utrecht, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. 2807 RE Gouda, Nederland:© pimpelmeesje · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Tritomegas bicolor , the pied shield bug , is a species of shield bug found in Europe. 28 in) long.
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 205 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #46 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 5,053 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pied shield bug
- Nederlands
- Dovenetelwants
- scientific name
- Tritomegas bicolor
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Sehiridae
- sightings in NL
- 205
- sightings in Europe
- 4,750
- sightings worldwide
- 5,053
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,610
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Sehiridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 57839, Wikidata Q1757100, GBIF 5758805, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.