#3260 · 🪲 beetles
Musk beetle
🇳🇱 Muskusboktor ·Aromia moschata
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what is it?
The musk beetle ( Aromia moschata ) is a Eurasian species of longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribe Callichromatini. Its name comes from the delicate musky smell it emits when menaced.
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 105 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 13,519 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Musk beetle
- Nederlands
- Muskusboktor
- scientific name
- Aromia moschata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cerambycidae
- sightings in NL
- 105
- sightings in Europe
- 12,720
- sightings worldwide
- 13,519
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,505
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 129385, Wikidata Q389732, GBIF 5001643, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.