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#3325 · 🪲 beetles

Bloedrode kniptor

Ampedus sanguineus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Adrien Nouailhane · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © thorna · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. © Bastien Le Mort · CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Heumensoord, Malden, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Oisterwijk, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Sint-Oedenrode, Nederland:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. 6711 LV Ede, Netherlands:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. 1935 GZ Netherlands:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0
Bloedrode kniptor, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Adrien Nouailhane · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

De bloedrode kniptor , ook wel bloedrode dennenkniptor ( Ampedus sanguineus ) is een kever uit de familie kniptorren (Elateridae).

base stats

  • NL sightings 56iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,760iNaturalist 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 56 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,760 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Bloedrode kniptor
scientific name
Ampedus sanguineus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Elateridae
sightings in NL
56
sightings in Europe
963
sightings worldwide
2,760
GBIF records in NL
149
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Elateridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 450671, Wikidata Q886761, GBIF 4429432, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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