#3388 · 🪲 beetles

black-streaked dung beetle

Nimbus contaminatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © AJC1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
4. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © AJC1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Mark Gurney · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Jürgen Reichel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © mazeson · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Sean Birk Bek Craig · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Nimbus contaminatus is a species of dung beetle native to Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 38iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,242iNaturalist 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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,242 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1783 (243 years ago).