#3417 · 🪲 beetles
Agrilus cyanescens
Agrilus cyanescens
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Curtis Meyers · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © molanic · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. © Nikolett Tóth · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Nikolett Tóth · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Agrilus cyanescens is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.
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 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,268 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg in 1837 (189 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Agrilus cyanescens
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Buprestidae
- sightings in NL
- 31
- sightings in Europe
- 645
- sightings worldwide
- 2,268
- GBIF records in NL
- 65
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1837 by Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg
relatives· Buprestidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 212818, Wikidata Q14922412, GBIF 4432773, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.