#3462 · 🪲 beetles

Apple Blossom Beetle

Tropinota hirta

🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © danilo ugrnov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Josef Stulz · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jean-Claude Lablanquie · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Pavel Šinkyřík · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tropinota hirta , also known as the " apple blossom beetle " or " hairy rose beetle ", is a species of beetle in the Scarabaeidae family, native to the Old World. It is not found in North or South America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 13,890iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
13,890 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).