#3205 · 🪲 beetles

Poplar Leaf Beetle

🇳🇱 Grote populierenhaan ·Chrysomela populi

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michal Maňas · CC BY 4.0
2. © Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Jaakko J. Ilvonen · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Nicholas Spoto · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Spekholzerheide, Kerkrade, Limburg, NL:© Sonja Deneve · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL:© uthred_noviomagis · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rockanje:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Chrysomela populi is a species of broad-shouldered leaf beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae.

base stats

NL sightings 247iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,206iNaturalist 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 247 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the beetles in NL.
17,206 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).