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Dune Chafer

🇳🇱 Zomersmaragd ·Anomala dubia

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Dune Chafer, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Anomala dubia is een keversoort uit de familie bladsprietkevers (Scarabaeidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1763 door Scopoli.

base stats

  • NL sightings 141iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,854iNaturalist 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 141 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,854 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Dune Chafer
Nederlands
Zomersmaragd
scientific name
Anomala dubia
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
sightings in NL
141
sightings in Europe
2,612
sightings worldwide
3,854
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli

relatives· Scarabaeidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130579, Wikidata Q498591, GBIF 4308902, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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