#3431 · 🪲 beetles
Cantharis lateralis
Cantharis lateralis
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Lexkesveer, Netherlands
📍 4503 GD Groede, Nederland
📍 Borgharen, 6223 Maastricht, Nederland
📍 4361 Westkapelle, Nederland
📍 Bemmel, Nederland
📍 Zoetermeer, Nederland
📍 2665 Bleiswijk, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Dluogs · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Lexkesveer, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. 4503 GD Groede, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Borgharen, 6223 Maastricht, Nederland:© M. van Dijk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 4361 Westkapelle, Nederland:© Herbert Herbinia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Bemmel, Nederland:© Simon Hazenberg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Zoetermeer, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 2665 Bleiswijk, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cantharis lateralis is a species of soldier beetles native to Europe.
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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 897 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Cantharis lateralis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cantharidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 686
- sightings worldwide
- 897
- GBIF records in NL
- 562
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Cantharidae
#3165 📷 8Common Red Soldier Beetle
🇳🇱 Kleine rode weekschild
Rhagonycha fulva
👀 1.6k in NL
#3171 📷 9Dark Sailor Beetle
🇳🇱 Zwartpootsoldaatje
Cantharis fusca
👀 779 in NL
#3172 📷 10Geel soldaatje
Cantharis livida
👀 770 in NL
#3233 📷 10Cantharis decipiens
Cantharis decipiens
👀 148 in NL
#3246 📷 7Zwart soldaatje
Cantharis pellucida
👀 132 in NL
#3269 📷 10Zwart soldaatje
Cantharis obscura
👀 93 in NL
#3274 📷 10Grey Sailor Beetle
🇳🇱 Gestreepte weekkever
Cantharis nigricans
👀 87 in NL
#3314 📷 10Moerasweekschildkever
Silis ruficollis
👀 64 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 360296, Wikidata Q4035840, GBIF 5743947, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.