#3501 · 🪲 beetles

Grapevine Beetle

Pelidnota punctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The grapevine beetle , Pelidnota punctata , also known as the spotted June beetle or the spotted pelidnota , is a species of beetle, a member of the subfamily Rutelinae of the Scarab beetle family. Grapevine beetles are common in the north and central United States and Eastern Canada, but do relatively little damage to their host plants. The beetles fly at a fast speed, usually in a curving flight.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,068iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,068 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).