European Rhinoceros Beetle

base stats

• NL sightings 66iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 25,883iNaturalist 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 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍25,883 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English

European Rhinoceros Beetle

Nederlands

Neushoornkever

scientific name

Oryctes nasicornis

class

Insecta

order

Coleoptera

family

Scarabaeidae

sightings in NL

66

sightings in Europe

23,410

sightings worldwide

25,883

GBIF records in NL

2,813

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1758