#3440 · 🪲 beetles
False Ladybird
🇳🇱 Viervlekschimmelvreter ·Endomychus coccineus
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Endomychus coccineus , common name Scarlet Endomychus or False Ladybird , is a species of beetles in the family Endomychidae.
base stats
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 12 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,412 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- False Ladybird
- Nederlands
- Viervlekschimmelvreter
- scientific name
- Endomychus coccineus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Endomychidae
- sightings in NL
- 12
- sightings in Europe
- 3,317
- sightings worldwide
- 3,412
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,630
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 504738, Wikidata Q936048, GBIF 4450696, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.