#3369 · 🪲 beetles

Great Diving Beetle

🇳🇱 Geelgerande Watertor ·Dytiscus marginalis

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Vit Lukas · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Lorenzo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © stuart anthony · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. 荷兰瓦赫宁恩:© Zhaoqi Leng · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, NL:© martijn33 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. IJsselstein:© bartdebioloog · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Nieuwe Keijenbergseweg, Renkum, Gelderland, NL:© Siebe Ritsema van Eck · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1382 JL Weesp, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The great diving beetle ( Dytiscus marginalis ) is a large aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and is particularly common in England. The great diving beetle, true to its name, is a rather sizable insect. 4 in).

base stats

NL sightings 42iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,200iNaturalist 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).