#3449 · 🪲 beetles
Grote lissnuitkever
Lixus iridis
📍 Graz-Umgebung, Österreich
📍 Piazza degli Eroi 1, Campo nell'Elba, Toscana, IT
📍 London
📍 Lisboa, PT
📍 Karczew, Poland
📍 PQFX+R6, 1500 Lisboa, Portugal
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © sanca13 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Graz-Umgebung, Österreich:© sabine-g · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Piazza degli Eroi 1, Campo nell'Elba, Toscana, IT:© pointbreak84 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. London:© amyterriere · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Lisboa, PT:© hazerider · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Karczew, Poland:© mateusz_l · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. PQFX+R6, 1500 Lisboa, Portugal:© Guilherme Ramos · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Lixus iridis is a species of weevil found in Europe.
base stats
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.
- 4,154 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1807 (219 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Grote lissnuitkever
- scientific name
- Lixus iridis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 4
- sightings in Europe
- 3,661
- sightings worldwide
- 4,154
- GBIF records in NL
- 172
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1807 by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
relatives· Curculionidae
#3177 📷 7Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Zijdeglansbladsnuitkever
Polydrusus formosus
👀 643 in NL
#3180 📷 10Nettle weevil
🇳🇱 Groene bladsnuitkever
Phyllobius pomaceus
👀 599 in NL
#3192 📷 10Black Vine Weevil
🇳🇱 Gegroefde lapsnuitkever
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
👀 371 in NL
#3193 📷 9Grijze bolsnuittor
Philopedon plagiatum
👀 356 in NL
#3196 📷 8Iris weevil
🇳🇱 Lissnuitkever
Mononychus punctumalbum
👀 330 in NL
#3207 📷 10Common Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Gestreepte bladsnuitkever
Phyllobius pyri
👀 240 in NL
#3225 📷 10Deer Broad-nosed Weevil
🇳🇱 Reebruine bladsnuitkever
Polydrusus cervinus
👀 158 in NL
#3232 📷 10Small Nettle Weevil
🇳🇱 Viervlekbrandnetelsnuitkever
Nedyus quadrimaculatus
👀 149 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 491376, Wikidata Q12664769, GBIF 1224285, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.