#3255 · 🪲 beetles
Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Laren, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 1024 JC Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 De Veranda, Rotterdam, Netherlands
📍 6825 EZ Arnhem, Nederland
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © João Coelho · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Laren, Nederland:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 1024 JC Amsterdam, Nederland:© Timo Slinger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. De Veranda, Rotterdam, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 6825 EZ Arnhem, Nederland:© femketb · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Oedemera lurida is a species of beetle belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.
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 115 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,237 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thomas Marsham in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Oedemera lurida
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Oedemeridae
- sightings in NL
- 115
- sightings in Europe
- 996
- sightings worldwide
- 9,237
- GBIF records in NL
- 378
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by Thomas Marsham
relatives· Oedemeridae
#3178 📷 7Thick-legged Flower Beetle
🇳🇱 Fraaie Schijnbok
Oedemera nobilis
👀 629 in NL
#3249 📷 10Oedemera croceicollis
Oedemera croceicollis
👀 128 in NL
#3329 📷 10Chrysanthia geniculata
Chrysanthia geniculata
👀 53 in NL
#3465 📷 10Dikdijkever
Oedemera podagrariae
🌍 9.3k seen
#3468 📷 7Yellow-legged Thick-legged Flower Beetle
Oedemera flavipes
🌍 7.4k seen
#3469 📷 7Oedemera femorata
Oedemera femorata
🌍 7.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451389, Wikidata Q1552297, GBIF 4458479, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.