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Strawberry Seed Beetle

🇳🇱 Roodpoothalmkruiper ·Harpalus rufipes

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Strawberry Seed Beetle, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Sylvia Wanzenböck · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Harpalus rufipes is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Degeer in 1774. Harpalus rufipes is native to Europe....

base stats

  • NL sightings 77iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 12,528iNaturalist 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 77 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 12,528 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1774 (252 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Strawberry Seed Beetle
Nederlands
Roodpoothalmkruiper
scientific name
Harpalus rufipes
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Carabidae
sightings in NL
77
sightings in Europe
4,433
sightings worldwide
12,528
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1774 by Charles De Geer

relatives· Carabidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131099, Wikidata Q9038223, GBIF 4988543, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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