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Grote sigarenmaker

Byctiscus betulae

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?

De grote sigarenmaker ( Byctiscus betulae ) is een keversoort uit de familie Rhynchitidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is gepubliceerd in 1758 door Linnaeus in de tiende editie van Systema naturae .

base stats

  • NL sightings 30iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,580iNaturalist 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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,580 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Grote sigarenmaker
scientific name
Byctiscus betulae
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Attelabidae
sightings in NL
30
sightings in Europe
1,163
sightings worldwide
1,580
GBIF records in NL
494
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Attelabidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 355788, Wikidata Q1316981, GBIF 1164351, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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