#3465 · 🪲 beetles

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Oedemera podagrariae

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Samuel Messner · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Raoul Gerend · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jean-Raphaël Guillaumin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Provincia di Reggio Emilia, Italia:© Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Schutterwald, Deutschland:© Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Babice nad Svitavou, Česko:© Lenka Šnajdrová · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Città Metropolitana di Torino, Italia:© parnassius · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 53783 Eitorf, Deutschland:© Olaf Hakelberg · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Oedemera podagrariae , common name False Blister Beetles , is a quite common species of beetles belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,311iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
9,311 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).