#3246 · 🪲 beetles
Zwart soldaatje
Cantharis pellucida
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
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- 2. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
Cantharis pellucida 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 132 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,807 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792 (234 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Zwart soldaatje
- scientific name
- Cantharis pellucida
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cantharidae
- sightings in NL
- 132
- sightings in Europe
- 4,296
- sightings worldwide
- 5,807
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,492
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1792 by Johan Christian Fabricius
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
#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
#3319 📷 10Cantharis flavilabris
Cantharis flavilabris
👀 58 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 450666, Wikidata Q4035842, GBIF 5743968, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.