#4132 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Leafhopper Assassin Bug
Zelus renardii
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in Europe, not in NL
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
- 2. © Pieter Prins · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Mónica Pérez-Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Rebecca Marschall · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Steve Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Jacobo Krauel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Claudio Maureira · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Zelus renardii , the leaf hopper assassin bug, is a predacious insect contained within tribe Harpactorini. Diurnal and found on both wild and crop plants, Z. renardii has spread from its native habitats in western North and Central America into three other biogeographic regions across the globe.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 33,799 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Friedrich Kolenati in 1856 (170 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Leafhopper Assassin Bug
- scientific name
- Zelus renardii
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Reduviidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 7,029
- sightings worldwide
- 33,799
- GBIF records in NL
- 15
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1856 by Friedrich Kolenati
relatives· Reduviidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 244407, Wikidata Q8068845, GBIF 2008840, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.