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Heteroptera - Bugs

This is the Suborder Heteroptera which is placed under the Order Hemiptera.
Heteropteras are closely related to Cicadas (Cicadomorpha), Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) and Aphids (Sternorrhyncha), all placed in the same Order.

Bugs are not, like Beetles or Butterflies, undergoing metamorphosis between a larval phase and an adult phase. Instead they have something called hemimetabolous or incomplete metamorphosis. When they hatch from the egg, they are already very similar the adult species, this is the first instar. To grow larger the nymphs have to shed their skin, after the last instar they change to the adult form, where they have reproductive organs and for the most also have wings.

There are over 40.000 Heteroptera species worldwide. According to the Statistics of Fauna Europaea there are 887 species in Austria (Subspecies not included).
The images here below only covers a small fraction of those.

 
 
A newly hatched batch of nymphs. This is called the first instar. Note the black triangle on the white eggs. It's the equivalent to an egg tooth known from birds, used to open up the egg from the inside.

 

Number of species: 136

Infraorder - Pentatomomorpha

Berytidae Berytinus
Berytinus minor
(Stilt bug)
Hits: 3560 / 3.32
» Berytidae » Berytinae
May 2022
Neides tipularius
(-)
Hits: 8002 / 1.34
» Berytidae » Berytinae
Apr 2009
Berytidae Neides tipularius
Neides tipularius
(-)
Hits: 261 / 9.23
» Berytidae » Berytinae
Jun 2025
Berytidae Metacanthus annulosus
Metacanthus annulosus
(-)
Hits: 2811 / 2.62
» Berytidae » Metacanthinae
Apr 2007
Berytidae Metatropis rufescens
Metatropis rufescens
(-)
Hits: 3036 / 2.84
» Berytidae » Metacanthinae
Aug 2022
Geocoris erythrocephalus
(-)
Hits: 4492 / 3.57
» Geocoridae » Geocorinae
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 6261 / 3.21
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2020
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 5331 / 2.74
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2020
Heterogastridae Platyplax salviae
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 2806 / 2.62
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2020
Heterogastridae Platyplax salviae
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 2031 / 4.09
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2024
Lygaeidae Nysius
Nysius sp.
(-)
Hits: 1195 / 3.97
» Lygaeidae
Aug 2024
Lygaeidae Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
(Birch catkin bug)
Hits: 3630 / 4.33
» Lygaeidae » Ischnorhynchinae
May 2023
Lygaeidae Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
(Birch catkin bug)
Hits: 1749 / 3.84
» Lygaeidae » Ischnorhynchinae
May 2024
Arocatus longiceps
(Plane Tree Bug)
Hits: 5495 / 3.12
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Arocatus roeselii
(-)
Hits: 6938 / 3.10
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Jan 2011
Lygaeidae Arocatus roeselii
Arocatus roeselii
(-)
Hits: 2820 / 3.15
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Jan 2023
Lygaeidae Arocatus
Arocatus sp.
(-)
Hits: 3005 / 2.81
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Oct 2020
Lygaeidae Arocatus
Arocatus sp.
(-)
Hits: 3386 / 3.16
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Feb 2021
Lygaeus equestris
(-)
Hits: 7876 / 1.63
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
May 2012
Lygaeus equestris
(-)
Hits: 9436 / 3.08
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Jul 2012
Lygaeidae Lygaeus equestris
Lygaeus equestris
(-)
Hits: 3022 / 2.82
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Oct 2020
Lygaeidae Lygaeus equestris
Lygaeus equestris
(Harlequin bug)
Hits: 740 / 5.06
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Mar 2025
Lygaeidae Lygaeus equestris
Lygaeus equestris
(Harlequin bug)
Hits: 707 / 4.83
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Mar 2025
Lygaeidae Lygaeus equestris
Lygaeus equestris
(Harlequin bug)
Hits: 668 / 7.05
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
May 2025
Lygaeidae Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
(-)
Hits: 1298 / 4.31
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Oct 2024
Spilostethus saxatilis
(-)
Hits: 6989 / 0.94
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Apr 2005
Spilostethus saxatilis
(-)
Hits: 7538 / 2.46
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Apr 2014
Lygaeidae Spilostethus saxatilis
Spilostethus saxatilis
(-)
Hits: 1795 / 3.80
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Apr 2024
Tropidothorax leucopterus
(-)
Hits: 7364 / 2.55
» Lygaeidae » Lygaeinae
Sep 2017
Oxycarenus lavaterae
(-)
Hits: 6114 / 3.65
» Oxycarenidae
Oxycarenus lavaterae
(-)
Hits: 5027 / 3.00
» Oxycarenidae
Oxycarenidae Oxycarenus lavaterae
Oxycarenus lavaterae
(-)
Hits: 2508 / 2.99
» Oxycarenidae
Apr 2023
Oxycarenidae Oxycarenus lavaterae
Oxycarenus lavaterae
(-)
Hits: 2100 / 3.37
» Oxycarenidae
May 2023
Oxycarenidae Oxycarenus lavaterae
Oxycarenus lavaterae
(-)
Hits: 2329 / 3.74
» Oxycarenidae
May 2023
Oxycarenidae Oxycarenus lavaterae
Oxycarenus lavaterae
(-)
Hits: 853 / 4.80
» Oxycarenidae
Jan 2025
Oxycarenidae Oxycarenus pallens
Oxycarenus pallens
(-)
Hits: 736 / 5.03
» Oxycarenidae
Mar 2025
Raglius alboacuminatus
(Dirt-colored seed bug)
Hits: 4764 / 3.44
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Rhyparochromidae Eremocoris fenestratus
Eremocoris fenestratus
(-)
Hits: 1101 / 3.66
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Aug 2024
Rhyparochromidae Eremocoris plebejus
Eremocoris plebejus
(-)
Hits: 2735 / 2.55
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
May 2022
Rhyparochromidae Gastrodes grossipes
Gastrodes grossipes
(Pine Cone Bug)
Hits: 2720 / 2.54
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Sep 2021
Rhyparochromidae Gastrodes grossipes
Gastrodes grossipes
(Pine Cone Bug)
Hits: 605 / 5.12
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Apr 2025
Rhyparochromidae Emblethis
Emblethis sp.
(-)
Hits: 1542 / 3.26
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
May 2024
Rhyparochromidae Raglius alboacuminatus
Raglius alboacuminatus
(Dirt-colored seed bug)
Hits: 1730 / 3.23
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Feb 2024
Rhyparochromidae Raglius confusus
Raglius confusus
(-)
Hits: 613 / 5.19
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Apr 2025
Rhyparochromidae Rhyparochromus
Rhyparochromus phoeniceus
(-)
Hits: 722 / 11.16
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Jun 2025
Rhyparochromidae Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
(-)
Hits: 2745 / 3.07
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Apr 2015
Rhyparochromidae Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
(-)
Hits: 1681 / 3.14
» Rhyparochromidae » Rhyparochrominae
Feb 2024
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
(Hawthorn Shieldbug)
Hits: 9754 / 2.02
» Acanthosomatidae » Acanthosomatinae
Jun 2012

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