Obscure Carrion Beetle

base stats

• NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 5,100iNaturalist 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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍5,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Obscure Carrion Beetle

Nederlands

Donkere aaskever

scientific name

Silpha obscura

class

Insecta

order

Coleoptera

family

Staphylinidae

sightings in NL

2

sightings in Europe

3,632

sightings worldwide

5,100

GBIF records in NL

286

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1758