#3430 · 🪲 beetles
Distelaardvlo
Sphaeroderma testaceum
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 1261 Blaricum, Netherlands
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Pierrick Bloin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Koos Uys · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © xavier_d · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 1261 Blaricum, Netherlands:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,754 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Distelaardvlo
- scientific name
- Sphaeroderma testaceum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 342
- sightings worldwide
- 1,754
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Chrysomelidae
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Agelastica alni
👀 1.5k in NL
#3181 📷 10Green Dock Beetle
🇳🇱 Groen zuringhaantje
Gastrophysa viridula
👀 515 in NL
#3184 📷 9Colorado Potato Beetle
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Leptinotarsa decemlineata
👀 476 in NL
#3185 📷 10Rosemary Beetle
🇳🇱 Rozemarijngoudhaantje
Chrysolina americana
👀 475 in NL
#3205 📷 10Poplar Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Grote populierenhaan
Chrysomela populi
👀 247 in NL
#3209 📷 10Willow Flea-beetle
🇳🇱 Gouden wilgenaardvlo
Crepidodera aurata
👀 234 in NL
#3210 📷 10Mint beetle
🇳🇱 Blauw muntgoudhaantje
Chrysolina coerulans
👀 228 in NL
#3213 📷 10Gewone rietkever
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👀 197 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 418167, Wikidata Q15736379, GBIF 5876450, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.