#3416 · 🪲 beetles

Eurasian Red-and-black Melyrid

Anthocomus equestris

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © gbohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © doug_e · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Julian Kokott · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Herewegwijk en Helpman, Groningen, Netherlands:© Rainer Breitling · CC BY 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Kaatsheuvel, Pays-Bas:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Heemstede, Netherlands:© Milo "Bulle" van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anthocomus equestris is a species of soft-winged flower beetle in the family Melyridae. It is native to Eurasia, but also found in the eastern half of the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 31iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,228iNaturalist 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).