#3273 · 🪲 beetles
Sad Carrion Beetle
Silpha tristis
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what is it?
Silpha tristis is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.
base stats
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 89 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,431 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger in 1798 (228 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sad Carrion Beetle
- scientific name
- Silpha tristis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Staphylinidae
- sightings in NL
- 89
- sightings in Europe
- 3,272
- sightings worldwide
- 4,431
- GBIF records in NL
- 575
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1798 by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
relatives· Staphylinidae
#3199 📷 10Black snail beetle
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Phosphuga atrata
👀 312 in NL
#3202 📷 10Devil's Coach Horse Beetle
🇳🇱 Stinkende kortschildkever
Ocypus olens
👀 276 in NL
#3219 📷 10Vespillo Burying Beetle
🇳🇱 Krompootdoodgraver
Nicrophorus vespillo
👀 180 in NL
#3223 📷 10Lesser Vespillo Burying Beetle
🇳🇱 Gewone doodgraver
Nicrophorus vespilloides
👀 161 in NL
#3238 📷 10Four-spotted Carrion Beetle
🇳🇱 Rupsenaaskever
Dendroxena quadrimaculata
👀 143 in NL
#3272 📷 10Silpha carinata
Silpha carinata
👀 90 in NL
#3277 📷 10Anthobium unicolor
Anthobium unicolor
👀 86 in NL
#3283 📷 10Red-breasted Carrion Beetle
🇳🇱 Oranje Aaskever
Oiceoptoma thoracicum
👀 82 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131954, Wikidata Q20061281, GBIF 4448396, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.