#3215 · 🪲 beetles

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🇳🇱 Penseelkever ·Trichius gallicus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © AnneTanne · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Frans · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Zwanenveld, Nimwegen, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 6269 BG Margraten, Nederland:© Red Bikkel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Nationaal Park De Biesbosch, Werkendam, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. 3334 BT Zwijndrecht, Nederland:© Eveline Euser · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Trichius gallicus is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. 4, as are all of Voet's names.

base stats

NL sightings 192iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,151iNaturalist 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 192 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
6,151 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1821 (205 years ago).