#3348 · 🪲 beetles

Cosmopolitan Diving Beetle

🇳🇱 Bepoederde waterroofkever ·Rhantus suturalis

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Grahame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Sunnetchan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Delfzijl, Nederland:© alice_poisson · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lange Dreef, Culemborg, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Hoenderloo, Nederland:© s_denheijer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhantus suturalis , commonly known as the supertramp beetle or cosmopolitan diving beetle , is a species of diving beetle (Dytiscidae) with a cosmopolitan distribution.

base stats

NL sightings 47iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,231iNaturalist 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).