#3327 · 🪲 beetles

metallic horned dung beetle

Onthophagus coenobita

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © tuggip_t · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cameron Wilkins · CC BY 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © tuggip_t · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Velp, Netherlands:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Onthophagus coenobita is a species of dung beetle in the genus Onthophagus .

base stats

NL sightings 54iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,586iNaturalist 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 54 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,586 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1783 (243 years ago).