#3216 · 🪲 beetles
Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Hennepnetelgoudhaantje ·Fasta fastuosa
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what is it?
Chrysolina fastuosa , also known as the dead-nettle leaf beetle , is a species of beetle from a family of Chrysomelidae found in Europe, Caucasus and northern Turkey.
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 189 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 14,435 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle
- Nederlands
- Hennepnetelgoudhaantje
- scientific name
- Fasta fastuosa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- sightings in NL
- 189
- sightings in Europe
- 11,021
- sightings worldwide
- 14,435
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Chrysomelidae
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Agelastica alni
👀 1.5k in NL
#3181 📷 10Green Dock Beetle
🇳🇱 Groen zuringhaantje
Gastrophysa viridula
👀 515 in NL
#3184 📷 9Colorado Potato Beetle
🇳🇱 Coloradokever
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
👀 476 in NL
#3185 📷 10Rosemary Beetle
🇳🇱 Rozemarijngoudhaantje
Chrysolina americana
👀 475 in NL
#3205 📷 10Poplar Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Grote populierenhaan
Chrysomela populi
👀 247 in NL
#3209 📷 10Willow Flea-beetle
🇳🇱 Gouden wilgenaardvlo
Crepidodera aurata
👀 234 in NL
#3210 📷 10Mint beetle
🇳🇱 Blauw muntgoudhaantje
Chrysolina coerulans
👀 228 in NL
#3213 📷 10Gewone rietkever
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👀 197 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1474321, Wikidata Q131460722, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.