#3467 · 🪲 beetles

Heliotaurus ruficollis

Heliotaurus ruficollis

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Pedro Antonio Lázaro Molinero · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © crisfroc · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © guliao · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Coimbra, Portugal:© zebedeugalinha · CC BY 4.0
5. Madrid, Madrid, Espanha:© André Menegotto · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Braga, Portugal:© Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
7. Covelo de Paivó e Janarde, 4540, Portugal:© susanabastos · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gines, Sevilla, España:© leonatura · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Rio Mondego, Oliveira do Mondego, Centro, PT:© malecadu · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Portugal:© Tiago Carrapiço · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Heliotaurus ruficollis is a species of comb-clawed beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, found in southern Europe and northern Africa. The beetles are generally black with a dark red thorax.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,508iNaturalist 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).