#3179 · 🪲 beetles
Common Cardinal Beetle
🇳🇱 Roodkopvuurkever ·Pyrochroa serraticornis
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 7031 GD Wehl, Nederland
📍 Koedijk, Netherlands
📍 Den Haag
📍 Delfgauw, Nederland
📍 2625 PD Delft, Nederland
📍 Elst, Pays-Bas
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Julian Oliver · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Liubov Ilminska · CC0
- 3. 7031 GD Wehl, Nederland:© lokaal25 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Koedijk, Netherlands:© auk1967 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Den Haag:© laher4 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Delfgauw, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 2625 PD Delft, Nederland:© karliatje · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Elst, Pays-Bas:© Glenn Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Pyrochroa serraticornis , the cardinal beetle , is a species of fire-colored beetle in the family Pyrochroidae. It is found in Europe.
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 620 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the beetles in NL.
- 17,210 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Cardinal Beetle
- Nederlands
- Roodkopvuurkever
- scientific name
- Pyrochroa serraticornis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Pyrochroidae
- sightings in NL
- 620
- sightings in Europe
- 16,788
- sightings worldwide
- 17,210
- GBIF records in NL
- 14,725
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Pyrochroidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 61517, Wikidata Q212321, GBIF 8843472, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.