#3461 · 🪲 beetles

Bronze Beetle

Chrysolina bankii

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
2. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
3. © Martin Cooper · CC BY 4.0
4. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Fort Bragg, CA 95437, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
6. Mount Tamalpais State Park, Muir Beach, CA, US:© Eliezer Margolis · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Virgen del Mar, 14010 Córdoba, España:© Jaime · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sugarloaf Mountain Open Space, San Mateo, CA, US:© bungelina · CC BY 4.0
9. Rush Creek OSP (accessed from Bugeia), Novato, Marin Co., CA.:© djrawlinson · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg, CA, US:© Marlee Meek · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Chrysolina bankii is a species of leaf beetle native to Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,640iNaturalist 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.
15,640 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).