#3194 · 🪲 beetles

Golden-bloomed Longhorn Beetle

🇳🇱 Gewone Distelboktor ·Agapanthia villosoviridescens

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © tuggip_t · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Claude Kolwelter · CC BY 4.0
5. © Marta Boroń · CC BY 4.0
6. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Panserweg, Zoutkamp, Groningen, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oosterhout, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Poelweg 3–15, Grijpskerk, Groningen, NL:© colaspa · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Agapanthia villosoviridescens , also known as the golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle , is a species of beetle in the Lamiinae subfamily, that can be found in the Caucasus, Europe, Kazakhstan, the Near East, Russia and Turkey.

base stats

NL sightings 345iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,933iNaturalist observations

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 345 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #32 most seen of the beetles in NL.
10,933 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1775 (251 years ago).