#4079 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Blue Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Blauwe schildwants ·Zicrona caerulea
📍 Veenendaal, Netherlands
📍 Veluwe, Rozendaal, Gelderland, NL
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 IJmuiden, Netherlands
📍 4307 Oosterland, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © leemt2 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Isfugl · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Christoffer Fägerström · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Veenendaal, Netherlands:© Sonja Bouwman-Gringhuis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Veluwe, Rozendaal, Gelderland, NL:© A. Hendriksen · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Ede, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. IJmuiden, Netherlands:© Max van Leijenhorst · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. 4307 Oosterland, Netherlands:© Jan Meerman · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Zicrona caerulea , common name Blue Shieldbug , is a species of bugs belonging to the Pentatomidae family.
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 34 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,838 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Blue Shield Bug
- Nederlands
- Blauwe schildwants
- scientific name
- Zicrona caerulea
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- sightings in NL
- 34
- sightings in Europe
- 2,820
- sightings worldwide
- 3,838
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,890
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Pentatomidae
#3942 📷 9Green Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Groene schildwants
Palomena prasina
👀 3.1k in NL
#3946 📷 10Mottled Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Grauwe Veldwants
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
👀 1.4k in NL
#3948 📷 10Forest Bug
🇳🇱 Roodpootschildwants
Pentatoma rufipes
👀 1.1k in NL
#3950 📷 10European Striped Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Pyjamaschildwants
Graphosoma italicum
👀 984 in NL
#3951 📷 10Sloe Bug
🇳🇱 Bessenschildwants
Dolycoris baccarum
👀 918 in NL
#3964 📷 8Cabbage Bug
🇳🇱 Koolschildwants
Eurydema oleracea
👀 357 in NL
#3974 📷 10Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Bruingemarmerde schildwants
Halyomorpha halys
👀 276 in NL
#3977 📷 9Southern Green Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke groene schildwants
Nezara viridula
👀 265 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 62980, Wikidata Q19800616, GBIF 2078942, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.