#3202 · 🪲 beetles

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

🇳🇱 Stinkende kortschildkever ·Ocypus olens

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © wp-polzin · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © wp-polzin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Thomas · CC0
6. © Schmidt Péter · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Leersum, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9713 ZC Groningen, Nederland:© seriousjin · CC BY-ND 4.0
9. 3284 Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland:© minkie · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. B Thoenplantsoen, The Hague, South Holland, NL:© miffychick · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Devil's coach-horse beetle ( Ocypus olens ) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae). It was originally included in the genus Staphylinus in 1764, and some authors and biologists still use this classification.

base stats

NL sightings 276iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,018iNaturalist 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 276 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #40 most seen of the beetles in NL.
23,018 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764 (262 years ago).