#3283 · 🪲 beetles

Red-breasted Carrion Beetle

🇳🇱 Oranje Aaskever ·Oiceoptoma thoracicum

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
2. © alphis · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
5. © adinie · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
7. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Verspreide huizen Almere-Buiten, Almere, Nederland:© Thomas Scheltens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1111 Diemen, Netherlands:© Katharina Marbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Otterlo, Gelderland, NL:© Siebe Ritsema van Eck · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Oiceoptoma thoracicum , the red-breasted carrion beetle , is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in the Palearctic. As a carrion beetle, this species is a generalist that can have importance in forensic entomology. Larval survival to adulthood occurs most often if the beetles are fed pork compared to beef or chicken....

base stats

NL sightings 82iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,685iNaturalist 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).