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#3496 · 🪲 beetles

Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle

Labidomera clivicollis

🪲 Beetles 📍 outside Europe
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The milkweed leaf beetle ( Labidomera clivicollis ) is a species of beetle from the family Chrysomelidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 31,597iNaturalist 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

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 31,597 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by William Kirby in 1837 (189 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle
scientific name
Labidomera clivicollis
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Chrysomelidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
31,597
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1837 by William Kirby

relatives· Chrysomelidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 82582, Wikidata Q3214341, GBIF 1047370, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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