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#3564 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Golden-tailed Blunt-horn

🇳🇱 Klokjesdikpoot ·Melitta haemorrhoidalis

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
Golden-tailed Blunt-horn, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De klokjesdikpoot ( Melitta haemorrhoidalis ) is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie Melittidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1775 door Fabricius.

base stats

  • NL sightings 70iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 912iNaturalist 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 70 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 912 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Golden-tailed Blunt-horn
Nederlands
Klokjesdikpoot
scientific name
Melitta haemorrhoidalis
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Melittidae
sightings in NL
70
sightings in Europe
492
sightings worldwide
912
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Melittidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 447120, Wikidata Q291987, GBIF 5040860, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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