#3490 · 🪲 beetles

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus pensylvanicus

🪲 Beetles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Wildreturn · CC BY 4.0
2. © Larry Chen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Karen Yukich · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Daniel D. Brown, Ph.D. · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © wamp · CC BY-NC 4.0
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7. © vogelbild · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © vogelbild · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The goldenrod soldier beetle or Pennsylvania leatherwing ( Chauliognathus pensylvanicus ) is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 48,744iNaturalist 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.
48,744 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1774 (252 years ago).