#3328 · 🪲 beetles
flame-shouldered blister beetle
🇳🇱 Sachembijenoliekever ·Sitaris muralis
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Heerlen
📍 Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Cédric Mondy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Cédric Mondy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Tiere in einem Kleingarten (HH) · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ombrosoparacloucycle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © fotis-samaritakis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Heerlen:© goedewijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Netherlands:© gijskurstjens · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Sitaris muralis is a species of blister beetle in the subfamily Nemognathinae in the family Meloidae. It is found in Western Europe. It is a black beetle with buff-orange patches on the front of the elytra. It is a kleptoparasite of digger bees.
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 54 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 635 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1771 (255 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- flame-shouldered blister beetle
- Nederlands
- Sachembijenoliekever
- scientific name
- Sitaris muralis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Meloidae
- sightings in NL
- 54
- sightings in Europe
- 612
- sightings worldwide
- 635
- GBIF records in NL
- 465
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1771 by Johann Reinhold Forster
relatives· Meloidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 492114, Wikidata Q1128421, GBIF 4457050, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.