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Microcara testacea

Microcara testacea

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © ekamelev · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © AWI i Pr. · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Mick Talbot · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  6. 6. © adippe · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © Dr. Sven Gippner · CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. © Karsten Kliche · CC BY-NC 4.0
Microcara testacea, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © ekamelev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De bruine haarkever ( Microcara testacea ) is een keversoort uit de familie moerasweekschilden (Scirtidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1767 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus.

base stats

  • NL sightings 45iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 491iNaturalist 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 45 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 491 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

scientific name
Microcara testacea
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scirtidae
sightings in NL
45
sightings in Europe
220
sightings worldwide
491
GBIF records in NL
360
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Scirtidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 549960, Wikidata Q2320547, GBIF 4428236, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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