#3372 · 🪲 beetles
Bolronde helmkever
Aegialia arenaria
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what is it?
Aegialia arenaria , the dune scarab beetle is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic. It is a coastal species found on sand dunes of West and North Europe. (Netherlands, Belgium, France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain,Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden) and in the Nearctic from Nova Scotia in Canada (Sable Island), to Massachusetts, New Hampshire.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 42 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 260 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 (239 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Bolronde helmkever
- scientific name
- Aegialia arenaria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Scarabaeidae
- sightings in NL
- 42
- sightings in Europe
- 215
- sightings worldwide
- 260
- GBIF records in NL
- 946
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Scarabaeidae
#3170 📷 10Garden Chafer
🇳🇱 Rozenkever
Phyllopertha horticola
👀 909 in NL
#3174 📷 7Common Cockchafer
🇳🇱 Gewone meikever
Melolontha melolontha
👀 714 in NL
#3195 📷 10Brown Chafer
🇳🇱 Roestbruine bladsprietkever
Serica brunnea
👀 335 in NL
#3204 📷 8Kortvleugelboorkever
Valgus hemipterus
👀 273 in NL
#3215 📷 10French Flower Chafer
🇳🇱 Penseelkever
Trichius gallicus
👀 192 in NL
#3226 📷 8Pine Chafer
🇳🇱 Julikever
Polyphylla fullo
👀 157 in NL
#3235 📷 10European Rose Chafer
🇳🇱 Gouden tor
Cetonia aurata
👀 146 in NL
#3240 📷 10Dune Chafer
🇳🇱 Zomersmaragd
Anomala dubia
👀 141 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130422, Wikidata Q2103115, GBIF 1072045, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.