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#3274 · 🪲 beetles

Grey Sailor Beetle

🇳🇱 Gestreepte weekkever ·Cantharis nigricans

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © André MIQUET · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Bryan Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Ombrosoparacloucycle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Mook, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
Grey Sailor Beetle, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © André MIQUET · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Cantharis nigricans is a species of soldier beetles native to Europe....

base stats

  • NL sightings 87iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,056iNaturalist 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 87 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 7,056 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Grey Sailor Beetle
Nederlands
Gestreepte weekkever
scientific name
Cantharis nigricans
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Cantharidae
sightings in NL
87
sightings in Europe
5,916
sightings worldwide
7,056
GBIF records in NL
3,827
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Cantharidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61447, Wikidata Q147970, GBIF 5744091, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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