Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Marsh Damselbug

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Nabis limbatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Marsh Damselbug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Nabidae
Genus	Aegilops	Nabis
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Nabis limbatus

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Damselbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Marsh Damselbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Marsh Damselbug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.