#3285 · 🪲 beetles

Rough-haired Lagria Beetle

🇳🇱 Ruigkever ·Lagria hirta

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © tuggip_t · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mark Webster · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ruebezahl · CC0
4. © Козловских Александр · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © AWI i Pr. · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Sarefo · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Landgoederenzone Wassenaar-Voorschoten-Leidschendam-Voorburg, Wassenaar, South Holland, NL:© Laurel J. Ramseyer · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Turfberg, 2716 DZ Zoetermeer, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 1792 BE Oudeschild, Nederland:© Hybodus · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lagria hirta is a species of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. The species name hirta comes from the Latin hirtus meaning rough hair or rough wool, referring to the coarse, fuzzy appearance of the beetle.

base stats

NL sightings 80iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,711iNaturalist 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).