#3324 · 🪲 beetles
Rustic Sailor Beetle
🇳🇱 Zwart soldaatje ·Cantharis rustica
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Clinge
📍 Heumensoord, Malden, Gelderland, NL
📍 Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park, Nijverdal, Overijssel, NL
📍 Mook, Nederland
📍 6731 Otterlo, Nederland
📍 Rheden, Netherlands
📍 Laren, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Magnefl · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Clinge:© vince85 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Heumensoord, Malden, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park, Nijverdal, Overijssel, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Mook, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Rheden, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Laren, Nederland:© Robbert van 't Veldt · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Cantharis rustica is a species of soldier beetle found in Europe east to central Russia.
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 56 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 23,076 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1807 (219 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rustic Sailor Beetle
- Nederlands
- Zwart soldaatje
- scientific name
- Cantharis rustica
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Cantharidae
- sightings in NL
- 56
- sightings in Europe
- 20,665
- sightings worldwide
- 23,076
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,141
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1807 by Carl Fredrik Fallén
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 337544, Wikidata Q839689, GBIF 5744106, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.