#3355 · 🪲 beetles
Gewone roodkruin
Anisodactylus binotatus
📍 Bellingwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Zwolle, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ruebezahl · CC0
- 2. © Aron Bellersheim · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © AWI i Pr. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Bellingwedde, Groningen, Netherlands:© Dorine Post · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zwolle, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anisodactylus binotatus is a species of ground beetle native to Europe. It was discovered as being introduced to Canterbury, New Zealand in 1938.
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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,548 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 (239 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Gewone roodkruin
- scientific name
- Anisodactylus binotatus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Carabidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 437
- sightings worldwide
- 1,548
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,196
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Carabidae
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Carabus granulatus
👀 142 in NL
#3243 📷 7Lesser Searcher Beetle
🇳🇱 Kleine poppenrover
Calosoma inquisitor
👀 137 in NL
#3252 📷 10Rough Violet Ground Beetle
🇳🇱 Blauwzwarte schallebijter
Carabus problematicus
👀 122 in NL
#3256 📷 10Bronze Ground Beetle
🇳🇱 Tuinschallebijter
Carabus nemoralis
👀 113 in NL
#3286 📷 10European Gazelle Beetle
🇳🇱 Gewone kortnek
Nebria brevicollis
👀 79 in NL
#3290 📷 10Strawberry Seed Beetle
🇳🇱 Roodpoothalmkruiper
Harpalus rufipes
👀 77 in NL
#3338 📷 10Akkersnelloper
Anchomenus dorsalis
👀 49 in NL
#3364 📷 10Rain Beetle
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Pterostichus melanarius
👀 43 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130574, Wikidata Q10707999, GBIF 1036917, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.