#3374 · 🪲 beetles

Round-keeled Rhyzobius

🇳🇱 Struweelnepkapoentje ·Rhyzobius chrysomeloides

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
3. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
6. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Lage Vuursche, Utrecht, NL:© Lionne van Drunen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Voorburg, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Driel, Netherlands:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides is a species of beetle in the family Coccinellidae. R. chrysomeloides is a predatory species, feeding on aphids. R. chrysomeloides can typically be found on various species of trees and garden shrubs, first being recorded in Britain in 1996 on a pine tree. R. chrysomeloides is visually similar to Rhyzoius litura , but can be differentiated by its broader prosternal keel and the darker, U-shaped markings on its elytra.

base stats

NL sightings 41iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,037iNaturalist 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

Spotted 41 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
2,037 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1792 (234 years ago).