#3219 · 🪲 beetles
Vespillo Burying Beetle
🇳🇱 Krompootdoodgraver ·Nicrophorus vespillo
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 9162 EC Ballum, Netherlands
📍 5084 Biest-Houtakker, Nederland
📍 3062 CL Rotterdam, Netherlands
📍 8014 BH Zwolle, Nederland
📍 Mantjeskade, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Beekhuizenseweg, Velp, Gelderland, NL
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 1771 Wieringerwerf, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. 9162 EC Ballum, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 4. 5084 Biest-Houtakker, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 3062 CL Rotterdam, Netherlands:© f. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 8014 BH Zwolle, Nederland:© Roelof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Mantjeskade, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, NL:© tamma · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Beekhuizenseweg, Velp, Gelderland, NL:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1771 Wieringerwerf, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nicrophorus vespillo is a burying beetle described by Linnaeus in 1758.
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
- Spotted 180 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,560 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Vespillo Burying Beetle
- Nederlands
- Krompootdoodgraver
- scientific name
- Nicrophorus vespillo
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Staphylinidae
- sightings in NL
- 180
- sightings in Europe
- 5,047
- sightings worldwide
- 5,560
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,604
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Staphylinidae
#3199 📷 10Black snail beetle
🇳🇱 Slakkenaaskever
Phosphuga atrata
👀 312 in NL
#3202 📷 10Devil's Coach Horse Beetle
🇳🇱 Stinkende kortschildkever
Ocypus olens
👀 276 in NL
#3223 📷 10Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle
🇳🇱 Gewone doodgraver
Nicrophorus vespilloides
👀 161 in NL
#3238 📷 10Four-spotted Carrion Beetle
🇳🇱 Rupsenaaskever
Dendroxena quadrimaculata
👀 143 in NL
#3272 📷 10Silpha carinata
Silpha carinata
👀 90 in NL
#3273 📷 8Sad Carrion Beetle
Silpha tristis
👀 89 in NL
#3277 📷 10Anthobium unicolor
Anthobium unicolor
👀 86 in NL
#3283 📷 10Red-breasted Carrion Beetle
🇳🇱 Oranje Aaskever
Oiceoptoma thoracicum
👀 82 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131878, Wikidata Q524173, GBIF 1039017, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.