#3310 · 🪲 beetles
Bird Nest Carpet Beetle
🇳🇱 Vogelnestkever ·Anthrenus pimpinellae
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 6708 LM Wageningen, Netherlands
📍 Mahlerpad, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL
📍 Noord-Brabant, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Dorine Post · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 6708 LM Wageningen, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. Mahlerpad, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL:© cjvdijk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Anthrenus pimpinellae is a species of beetle found natively in Europe, northern Africa, Asia and portions of the Oriental region; it has also been introduced to parts of North America.
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 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 732 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bird Nest Carpet Beetle
- Nederlands
- Vogelnestkever
- scientific name
- Anthrenus pimpinellae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Dermestidae
- sightings in NL
- 66
- sightings in Europe
- 597
- sightings worldwide
- 732
- GBIF records in NL
- 179
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Dermestidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 318972, Wikidata Q1382017, GBIF 1095906, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.