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title: "Bruine wants"
description: "Eurygaster testudinaria — Insecten en spinnen. Eurygaster testudinaria is a Palearctic shieldbug."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tortoise-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bruine wants

> Eurygaster testudinaria — Insecten en spinnen. Eurygaster testudinaria is a Palearctic shieldbug.

- Scientific name: *Eurygaster testudinaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 8381
- Wikidata: [Q1130881](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130881)
- iNaturalist taxon: [504466](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504466)

## Names

- en: Tortoise Bug
- de: Schildkrötenwanze
- es: Chinche tortuga
- fr: Eurygastre tortue
- nl: Bruine wants
- pl: Żółwinek żółwik

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1419), DE (1119), RU (1020), FR (916), AT (470), DK (278), PL (249), UA (207), CZ (198), BE (193), NL (164), IT (134)

## Summary

Eurygaster testudinaria is a Palearctic shieldbug. It occurs in Europe from the Northern Mediterranean to southern Scandinavia, and East through Central Asia to northern China and Japan.
This species is very difficult to differentiate from Eurygaster maura but testudinaria has a slight central depression at the front of the head. Its colour similarly varies.
Eurygaster testudinaria feeds on Poaceae (grasses).

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

## Photo

![Bruine wants](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tortoise-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tobias Schönberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26597993

## Machine access

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