True bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in a rural garden in the Netherlands

Joan A. van der Velden

Foundation Landscape Management Zeeland, Klein Frankrijk 1, 4461 ZN Goes, The Netherlands
✉ jvdvelden@zeelandnet.nl

Received: 29.04.2022 / Accepted: 28.07.2022 / Published: 07.08.2022
97 – 100

Abstract

In a rural garden in the southwest of the Netherlands 42 true bugs were observed, belonging to 39 genera and 15 families. The importance of true bugs for biodiversity and gardens for biodiversity are discussed.

Keywords

true bugs, biodiversity, rural garden, barnyard, non-native species, the Netherlands