#3335 · 🪲 beetles

European Glow-worm

🇳🇱 Grote glimworm ·Lampyris noctiluca

NTnear threatened 🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Mark · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kentish Plumber · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Ettore Balocchi · CC BY 4.0
5. © Ettore Balocchi · CC BY 4.0
6. 7313 HK Apeldoorn, Nederland:© s_denheijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 5926 PC Venlo, Países Baixos:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Kerkrade-Noord, Kerkrade, Limburg, NL:© Mats Douma · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Park Brakkenstein, Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL:© Vojtech Tlaskal · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Herkenbosch, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Lampyris noctiluca , the common glow-worm of Europe (see also "glowworm"), is a firefly species of the genus Lampyris . These are beetles, as evidenced by the hard cases which close over the wings when they are not in use.

base stats

NL sightings 50iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,299iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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).