#3191 · 🪲 beetles

16-spot Ladybird

🇳🇱 Zestienstippelig Lieveheersbeestje ·Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © mike_hoit · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 4051 CL Ochten, Nederland:© Benno · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Westvliet, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zetstee, Annen, Drenthe, NL:© nin99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

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base stats

NL sightings 381iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,624iNaturalist 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 381 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #29 most seen of the beetles in NL.
9,624 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).