#3446 · 🪲 beetles
Bloody-nosed Beetle
🇳🇱 Reuzenhaan ·Timarcha tenebricosa
📍 Newport SA42 0RY, UK
📍 Great Britain, Penarth, Wales, GB
📍 61320 Le Ménil-Scelleur, France
📍 Dorset, UK
📍 Great Britain, Bournemouth, England, GB
📍 79219 Staufen im Breisgau, Deutschland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © gbohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Ian · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Newport SA42 0RY, UK:© lokirb · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Great Britain, Penarth, Wales, GB:© mrsbanjo1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 61320 Le Ménil-Scelleur, France:© Sylvain Montagner · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Dorset, UK:© Will Taylor · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Great Britain, Bournemouth, England, GB:© charlienaysmith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 79219 Staufen im Breisgau, Deutschland:© Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The bloody-nosed beetle ( Timarcha tenebricosa ), also called blood spewer or blood spewing beetle , is a leaf beetle native to Europe.
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 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,547 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bloody-nosed Beetle
- Nederlands
- Reuzenhaan
- scientific name
- Timarcha tenebricosa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Chrysomelidae
- sightings in NL
- 4
- sightings in Europe
- 7,213
- sightings worldwide
- 10,547
- GBIF records in NL
- 588
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Chrysomelidae
#3166 📷 8Alder Leaf Beetle
🇳🇱 Elzenhaantje
Agelastica alni
👀 1.5k in NL
#3181 📷 10Green Dock Beetle
🇳🇱 Groen zuringhaantje
Gastrophysa viridula
👀 515 in NL
#3184 📷 9Colorado Potato Beetle
🇳🇱 Coloradokever
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
Donacia clavipes
👀 197 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118838, Wikidata Q1310666, GBIF 4460356, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.