#3206 · 🪲 beetles

Poplar Ladybird Beetle

🇳🇱 Vloeivleklieveheersbeestje ·Oenopia conglobata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Óscar Sampedro · CC BY 4.0
2. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Natalia Rojas-Estevez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jinmin Li · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Denys K. · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Eran Finkle · CC BY 4.0
8. © Eran Finkle · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Oenopia conglobata is a species of Ladybird (Coccinellidae) native to continental Europe, Asia and Africa. Its colloquial names in Germany are 'Poplar Ladybird' and Kugelige ('Spherical', or perhaps 'Bullet') Ladybird.

base stats

NL sightings 245iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,125iNaturalist 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 245 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #44 most seen of the beetles in NL.
6,125 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).