#3481 · 🪲 beetles

Pine-borer

🇳🇱 Grote dennenprachtkever ·Chalcophora mariana

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Зуйкова Динара · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Владимир Пенькевич (Vladimir Penkevich) · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pieter Prins · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. 21050 Cantello VA, Italia :© Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Kyiv, Kyiv, UA:© malixua · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Emporia and Lincoln IB, Wichita, KS 67211, USA:© Jordi de la presa · CC BY 4.0
7. Frohnsdorf, Treuenbrietzen, Deutschland:© Jakob Jilg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Центральный р-н, Барнаул, Алтайский край, Россия:© Timofey Zalutsky · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ленинский район, Минск, Беларусь:© Рома · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Spechthausen, Eberswalde, Deutschland:© Jakob Jilg · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De grote dennenprachtkever ( Chalcophora mariana ) is een kever uit de familie van de prachtkevers (Buprestidae)

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,582iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,582 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).