#3323 · 🪲 beetles
Menierood zuringspitsmuisje
Apion frumentarium
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © carlobraunert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Middelaar, Nederland:© JV · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 9531 JZ Borger, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. houten:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. Groningen, NL:© Liam Mulder · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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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 57 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,602 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Menierood zuringspitsmuisje
- scientific name
- Apion frumentarium
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Brentidae
- sightings in NL
- 57
- sightings in Europe
- 1,785
- sightings worldwide
- 2,602
- GBIF records in NL
- 222
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Brentidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 205779, Wikidata Q618642, GBIF 9795476, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.