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#3353 · 🪲 beetles

Bietensnuitkever

Tanymecus palliatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Bietensnuitkever, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Michael Bierbaumer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Bietensnuitkever ( Tanymecus palliatus ) is een snuitkevers in de familie Curculionidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 46iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,043iNaturalist 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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,043 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1787 (239 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Bietensnuitkever
scientific name
Tanymecus palliatus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Curculionidae
sightings in NL
46
sightings in Europe
1,753
sightings worldwide
2,043
GBIF records in NL
542
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1787

relatives· Curculionidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 497732, Wikidata Q1281123, GBIF 1177130, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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