#3247 · 🪲 beetles

Two-banded Longhorn Beetle

🇳🇱 Bonte ribbelboktor ·Rhagium bifasciatum

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Robbin D. Knapp · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Heumensoord, Malden, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Rheden, Netherlands:© Dirk · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Berg en Dal, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Wageningen, NL-GE, NL:© Zhaoqi Leng · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6877 Deelen, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Uddel:© welcometosjamrock · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9244 CJ Beetsterzwaag, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Emst:© jorikbons · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhagium bifasciatum , sometimes called the two-banded longhorn beetle , is one of the most common longhorn beetles in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus, although it is absent from the far north-east of Europe and some offshore islands, such as Malta. 87 in) long and can be distinguished by the two prominent pale yellow bands on each of the elytra, although up to seventeen different patterns have been recognised.

base stats

NL sightings 132iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,372iNaturalist 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).