#3322 · 🪲 beetles

Welsh Chafer

🇳🇱 Meelbloemkever ·Hoplia philanthus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mark Gurney · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
6. 9747 Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 9742 PL Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oudeschild, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Telderskade, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, NL:© thomasvaer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De meelbloemkever , ook wel penseelkever of sallandkever ( Hoplia philanthus ) is een keversoort behorend tot de familie bladsprietkevers (Scarabaeidae).

base stats

NL sightings 57iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,333iNaturalist 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).