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#3413 · 🪲 beetles

Oever-grootoogkortschildkever

Stenus bimaculatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Oever-grootoogkortschildkever, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

De oever-grootoogkortschildkever ( Stenus bimaculatus ) is een keversoort die tot de het geslacht Stenus behoort. De soort heeft twee veel gebruikte Nederlandse namen; oever-grootoogkortschildkever en de oeverkortschildkever.

base stats

  • NL sightings 32iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 327iNaturalist 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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 327 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Oever-grootoogkortschildkever
scientific name
Stenus bimaculatus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Staphylinidae
sightings in NL
32
sightings in Europe
251
sightings worldwide
327
GBIF records in NL
159
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Staphylinidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 131960, Wikidata Q12673910, GBIF 4437988, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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