#3297 · 🪲 beetles
Red Malachite Beetle
Anthocomus rufus
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Zwolle, Nederland
📍 Lepelaarplassen, Almere, Flevoland, NL
📍 Lexmond, Lexmond, South Holland, NL
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 Lutkemeerpolder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
📍 Wijk bij Duurstede, NL-UT, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © AWI i Pr. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Zwolle, Nederland:© Jeroen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Lepelaarplassen, Almere, Flevoland, NL:© jvdwinden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lexmond, Lexmond, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Lutkemeerpolder, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© severinus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wijk bij Duurstede, NL-UT, NL:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Anthocomus rufus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae.
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 73 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,048 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Red Malachite Beetle
- scientific name
- Anthocomus rufus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Melyridae
- sightings in NL
- 73
- sightings in Europe
- 1,993
- sightings worldwide
- 2,048
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,353
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Melyridae
#3224 📷 10Common Malachite-beetle
🇳🇱 Roodvlekweekkever
Malachius bipustulatus
👀 158 in NL
#3263 📷 7Dasytes caeruleus
Dasytes caeruleus
👀 102 in NL
#3387 📷 10Dubbelgevlekte bastaardweekschildkever
Anthocomus fasciatus
👀 38 in NL
#3416 📷 10Eurasian Red-and-black Melyrid
Anthocomus equestris
👀 31 in NL
#3435 📷 10Duinbloemweekschildkever
Psilothrix viridicoerulea
👀 18 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451387, Wikidata Q2168473, GBIF 4449151, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.