#3317 · 🪲 beetles

Four-spotted Nephus

🇳🇱 Viervlekkapoentje ·Nephus quadrimaculatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Westerpark, 4814 Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Werkendam, NL-NB, NL:© Dion · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Breda West, Breda, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Leemzeulder, Laren, North Holland, NL:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Sint Servatiusweg, Venray, Limburg, NL:© Mats Douma · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Nephus quadrimaculatus is a species of ladybird belonging to the family Coccinellidae.

base stats

NL sightings 61iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 600iNaturalist 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 61 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
600 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1783 (243 years ago).