#3466 · 🪲 beetles

Morimus asper

Morimus asper

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
2. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
3. © Céline · CC BY 4.0
4. © Yvan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Andrea Chemello · CC BY 4.0
6. Pisa, Toscana, IT:© Alin · CC BY 4.0
7. 5231 Bavšica, Slovenia:© Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Cascate Chiusa di Pesio, Chiusa di Pesio, Piedmont, IT:© morgandw · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Località San Donnino 286G, Arezzo, Toscana, IT:© Andrea Maccari · CC BY 4.0
10. Бетта, гор. ок. Геленджик, Краснодарский край, Россия:© Andra Temruk · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Morimus asper is a species of beetle in family Cerambycidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,157iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,157 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776 (250 years ago).