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title: "Birch Catkin Bug"
description: "Kleidocerys resedae — Insects & spiders. Kleidocerys resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/birch-catkin-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Birch Catkin Bug

> Kleidocerys resedae — Insects & spiders. Kleidocerys resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae.

- Scientific name: *Kleidocerys resedae*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18064
- Wikidata: [Q175045](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175045)
- iNaturalist taxon: [261586](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/261586)

## Names

- en: Birch Catkin Bug
- de: Birkenwanze
- es: Chinche del abedul
- fr: Punaise des chatons du bouleau
- nl: Grondwants

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1921), DE (1658), FI (1445), GB (1198), FR (517), CA (432), US (400), PL (356), SE (272), AT (271), NL (266), CZ (257)

## Summary

Kleidocerys resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleidocerys_resedae

## Photo

![Birch Catkin Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/birch-catkin-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37951077

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/birch-catkin-bug?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).