#3195 · 🪲 beetles

Brown Chafer

🇳🇱 Roestbruine bladsprietkever ·Serica brunnea

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Serica brunnea , the brown chafer , is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

base stats

NL sightings 335iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,843iNaturalist 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 335 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #33 most seen of the beetles in NL.
5,843 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).