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Common Malachite-beetle

🇳🇱 Roodvlekweekkever ·Malachius bipustulatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Mark Webster · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Dmitriy Fetisov · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Udenhout, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Udenhout, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
  7. 7. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. 9742 NG Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
Common Malachite-beetle, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Malachius bipustulatus , the malachite beetle , is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae subfamily Malachiinae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 158iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 11,253iNaturalist 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 158 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 11,253 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Common Malachite-beetle
Nederlands
Roodvlekweekkever
scientific name
Malachius bipustulatus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Melyridae
sightings in NL
158
sightings in Europe
6,080
sightings worldwide
11,253
GBIF records in NL
552
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Melyridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326491, Wikidata Q232703, GBIF 4449375, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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