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Mimela junii

Mimela junii

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © savo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  2. 2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  3. 3. © Marco Spiller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  4. 4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  5. 5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  6. 6. 9717 MG Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Zuid-Holland, NL:© smiekk · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Venlo:© tomgeraedts · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Aalsumstraat, Tilburg, Brabant, NL:© Jo Akker · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Steenstraat:© Britt van Heijnsbergen · CC BY-NC 4.0
Mimela junii, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © savo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Mimela junii is a species of shining leaf chafer belonging to the family Scarabeidae subfamily Rutelinae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 128iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,999iNaturalist 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 128 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,999 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid in 1805 (221 years ago).

fact sheet

scientific name
Mimela junii
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
sightings in NL
128
sightings in Europe
1,348
sightings worldwide
1,999
GBIF records in NL
1,031
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1805 by Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid

relatives· Scarabaeidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 416409, Wikidata Q6862033, GBIF 5991273, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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