Scolopostethus grandis

Scolopostethus grandis

Scolopostethus grandis Horvath, 1880 is a species of Seed bug with a scattered distribution over large parts of Europe, from the Atlantic eastward to the Caucasus. It overwinters as an imago, resulting in adult specimen being found all through the year.
Scolopostethus grandis A friend told me that this image of mine was used in a book by Lars Skipper about Denmark's seed bugs (Danmarks frøtæger) that came out recently - probably taken from Wikimedia Commons where I uploaded it a few years back (as Public Domain / CC0 of course). http://www.apollobooks.dk/DKfroetaeger.htm I feel this endorses the quality enough to have it here too :o) Hemiptera,Heteroptera,Lygaeidae,Rhyparochromidae,Rhyparochrominae,Scolopostethus,Scolopostethus grandis,Seed Bug,nl: Grote zaagpoot

Appearance

With up to 5mm it is (just) one of the larger species in the genus Scolopostethus. The wings are usually only slightly reduced, seldom fully macropterous.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyRhyparochromidae
GenusScolopostethus
SpeciesScolopostethus grandis
Photographed in
Netherlands