---
title: "Three Spotted Nettle Bug"
description: "Liocoris tripustulatus — Owady i pająki. Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/three-spotted-nettle-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Three Spotted Nettle Bug

> Liocoris tripustulatus — Owady i pająki. Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

- Scientific name: *Liocoris tripustulatus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10266
- Wikidata: [Q6555262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6555262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [447128](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/447128)

## Names

- en: Three Spotted Nettle Bug
- de: Gepunktete Nesselwanze
- fr: Punaise de l'Ortie
- nl: Brandnetelprachtwants

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2154), GB (2151), FR (973), AT (660), NL (470), RU (369), PL (299), BE (275), DK (266), FI (191), IT (189), ES (149)

## Summary

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781.

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

## Photo

![Three Spotted Nettle Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/three-spotted-nettle-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Morten Rosenvold Villadsen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98358921

## Machine access

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