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#3447 · 🪲 beetles

Weaver beetle

🇳🇱 Weverbok ·Lamia textor

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Weaver beetle, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The weaver beetle ( Lamia textor ) is a species of beetle from Lamiinae subfamily in long-horned beetle family; it is a North Asia species. Larvae develop in willow trees, rare in birch and poplar.

base stats

  • NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,508iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,508 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Weaver beetle
Nederlands
Weverbok
scientific name
Lamia textor
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Cerambycidae
sightings in NL
4
sightings in Europe
4,264
sightings worldwide
4,508
GBIF records in NL
472
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Cerambycidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 461997, Wikidata Q971311, GBIF 6267761, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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