#3471 · 🪲 beetles
Mylabris variabilis
Mylabris variabilis
🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL
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what is it?
Mylabris variabilis is a species of blister beetle belonging to the Meloidae family.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,715 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1782 (244 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Mylabris variabilis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Meloidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 5,582
- sightings worldwide
- 6,715
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1782 by Peter Simon Pallas
relatives· Meloidae
#3307 📷 7Black Oil Beetle
🇳🇱 Gewone oliekever
Meloe proscarabaeus
👀 66 in NL
#3328 📷 10flame-shouldered blister beetle
🇳🇱 Sachembijenoliekever
Sitaris muralis
👀 54 in NL
#3437 📷 7Violet Oil Beetle
🇳🇱 Blauwe oliekever
Meloe violaceus
👀 16 in NL
#3476 📷 10Four-spotted Blisterbeetle
Mylabris quadripunctata
🌍 5.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 208983, Wikidata Q464610, GBIF 5751064, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.