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title: "Red-spotted Plant Bug"
description: "Deraeocoris ruber — Insecten en spinnen. Deraeocoris ruber, commonly known as the red-spotted plant bug, is a species of bug in the family Miridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-spotted-plant-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-spotted Plant Bug

> Deraeocoris ruber — Insecten en spinnen. Deraeocoris ruber, commonly known as the red-spotted plant bug, is a species of bug in the family Miridae.

- Scientific name: *Deraeocoris ruber*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17652
- Wikidata: [Q1758556](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758556)
- iNaturalist taxon: [451784](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/451784)

## Names

- en: Red-spotted Plant Bug
- de: Rote Weichwanze
- fr: Miride rouge
- pl: Błyszczek elegancik

## Countries with the most observations

DE (3780), FR (3206), GB (1796), AT (1125), RU (769), PL (619), IT (500), UA (491), BE (467), CZ (416), NL (377), ES (331)

## Summary

Deraeocoris ruber, commonly known as the red-spotted plant bug, is a species of bug in the family Miridae.

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

## Photo

![Red-spotted Plant Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-spotted-plant-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Ubović · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303990586

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-spotted-plant-bug?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).