#3351 · 🪲 beetles
jewel reed beetle
🇳🇱 Trage rietkever ·Plateumaris sericea
📍 Linnaeusborg, 9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Westbroek, Nederland
📍 3434 Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 3621 Breukelen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © oldbilluk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Kai-Philipp Schablewski · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Janet Graham · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Linnaeusborg, 9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Westbroek, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 3434 Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3621 Breukelen, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Plateumaris sericea is a species of beetle in family Chrysomelidae. It is found in the Palearctic...
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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,164 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- jewel reed beetle
- Nederlands
- Trage rietkever
- scientific name
- Plateumaris sericea
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 2,352
- sightings worldwide
- 3,164
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,039
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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👀 475 in NL
#3205 📷 10Poplar Leaf Beetle
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👀 247 in NL
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👀 234 in NL
#3210 📷 10Mint beetle
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 338213, Wikidata Q1316109, GBIF 5752112, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.