#3402 · 🪲 beetles

Purple Scale Predator

🇳🇱 Bebopnepkapoentje ·Rhyzobius lophanthae

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Reflectitur Photons · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mike Quinn, San Marcos · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © K Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © K Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © K Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © kamedaphor · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Stephen Thorpe · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Rhyzobius lophanthae , commonly known as the purple scale predator or the scale-eating ladybird , is a species of ladybird native to Queensland and Southern Australia. It was introduced into the United States in the 1890s and has since spread over the southern half of the country.

base stats

NL sightings 34iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,206iNaturalist 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).