#3210 · 🪲 beetles

Mint beetle

🇳🇱 Blauw muntgoudhaantje ·Chrysolina coerulans

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © René Stalder · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © René Stalder · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © René Stalder · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Poortlandplein 6, 2628 BM Delft, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zwolle:© th4vinci · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Appeltern:© SimonH · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Chrysolina coerulans , also known as the blue mint beetle or blue mint leaf beetle , is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is a member of the subgenus Synerga of the genus Chrysolina . It is native to a wide range of countries between mid and eastern Europe and lives alongside rivers and in meadows, it feeds on various plant members of the mint family.

base stats

NL sightings 228iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,057iNaturalist 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

Spotted 228 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #48 most seen of the beetles in NL.
3,057 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba in 1791 (235 years ago).