#3331 · 🪲 beetles
Mediterranean Spotted Chafer
🇳🇱 Rouwende gouden tor ·Oxythyrea funesta
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © fredur · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. © Allium roseum and Oxythyrea funesta.JPG · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. © Herbert Stadelmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Oxythyrea funesta is a phytophagous beetle species belonging to the family Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.
base stats
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 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 62,828 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mediterranean Spotted Chafer
- Nederlands
- Rouwende gouden tor
- scientific name
- Oxythyrea funesta
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Scarabaeidae
- sightings in NL
- 52
- sightings in Europe
- 59,325
- sightings worldwide
- 62,828
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,588
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761 by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
relatives· Scarabaeidae
#3170 📷 10Garden Chafer
🇳🇱 Rozenkever
Phyllopertha horticola
👀 909 in NL
#3174 📷 7Common Cockchafer
🇳🇱 Gewone meikever
Melolontha melolontha
👀 714 in NL
#3195 📷 10Brown Chafer
🇳🇱 Roestbruine bladsprietkever
Serica brunnea
👀 335 in NL
#3204 📷 8Kortvleugelboorkever
Valgus hemipterus
👀 273 in NL
#3215 📷 10French Flower Chafer
🇳🇱 Penseelkever
Trichius gallicus
👀 192 in NL
#3226 📷 8Pine Chafer
🇳🇱 Julikever
Polyphylla fullo
👀 157 in NL
#3235 📷 10European Rose Chafer
🇳🇱 Gouden tor
Cetonia aurata
👀 146 in NL
#3240 📷 10Dune Chafer
🇳🇱 Zomersmaragd
Anomala dubia
👀 141 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 68328, Wikidata Q1189216, GBIF 1077130, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.