#3392 · 🪲 beetles
Rust Pine Borer
🇳🇱 Bruine grootoogboktor ·Arhopalus rusticus
📍 Nationalpark Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 Zeeweg 31, Castricum, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 Otterlo, Gelderland, NL
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Kenneth Geisert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Kenneth Geisert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kenneth Geisert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Kenneth Geisert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Geir Drange · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Nationalpark Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Zeeweg 31, Castricum, Noord-Holland, NL:© mrboris · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Otterlo, Gelderland, NL:© Siebe Ritsema van Eck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Arhopalus rusticus is a species of beetle in the Cerambycidae family. It was described by Linnaeus in 1758.
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 36 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,352 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rust Pine Borer
- Nederlands
- Bruine grootoogboktor
- scientific name
- Arhopalus rusticus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cerambycidae
- sightings in NL
- 36
- sightings in Europe
- 1,731
- sightings worldwide
- 3,352
- GBIF records in NL
- 250
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Cerambycidae
#3173 📷 10Wasp Beetle
🇳🇱 Kleine Wespenbok
Clytus arietis
👀 763 in NL
#3183 📷 10Red Pine Longhorn Beetle
🇳🇱 Rode smalbok
Stictoleptura rubra
👀 480 in NL
#3187 📷 10four-banded longhorn beetle
🇳🇱 Gevlekte smalboktor
Leptura quadrifasciata
👀 421 in NL
#3194 📷 10Golden-bloomed Longhorn Beetle
🇳🇱 Gewone Distelboktor
Agapanthia villosoviridescens
👀 345 in NL
#3200 📷 10common grammoptera
🇳🇱 Gewone bloesemboktor
Grammoptera ruficornis
👀 308 in NL
#3201 📷 10Spotted Longhorn Beetle
🇳🇱 Geringelde smalboktor
Rutpela maculata
👀 307 in NL
#3221 📷 8Black-striped Longhorn Beetle
🇳🇱 Tweekleurige smalboktor
Stenurella melanura
👀 167 in NL
#3222 📷 10Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle
🇳🇱 Ingekeepte smalboktor
Pseudovadonia livida
👀 167 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130616, Wikidata Q1265892, GBIF 4292492, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.