#3189 · 🪲 beetles

common brown click beetle

🇳🇱 Roodaarskniptor ·Athous haemorrhoidalis

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
3. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Amsterdam-Noord, Amsterdam, Nederland:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Wageningen, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 3432 NE Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9717 ED Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9717 AP Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rosepdreef, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Athous haemorrhoidalis is a species of European and Asian click beetles in the genus Athous . Several variations are recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 404iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,811iNaturalist observations

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 404 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #27 most seen of the beetles in NL.
10,811 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801 (225 years ago).