#3171 · 🪲 beetles

Dark Sailor Beetle

🇳🇱 Zwartpootsoldaatje ·Cantharis fusca

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © CÃ©cile Bassaglia · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ivica Pakrac · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mr. Fizzy · CC BY 4.0
7. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Dean Zagorac · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © anonymous · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Cantharis fusca is a species of soldier beetle.

base stats

NL sightings 779iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,101iNaturalist 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 779 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #9 most seen of the beetles in NL.
14,101 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).