#3480 · 🪲 beetles
Mediterranean Pale Glow-worm
Nyctophila reichii
🪲 Beetles 📍 in Europe, not in NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Stanislav Krejčík · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Stanislav Krejčík · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Fernando Romão · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Alfredo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Stanislav Krejčík · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © tesa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Jacobo Krauel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Jacobo Krauel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © anasacuta · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © anasacuta · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Nyctophila reichii , commonly known as the Mediterranean firefly , is a species of firefly. The species is very common in the southern and eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,800 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin du Val in 1859 (167 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mediterranean Pale Glow-worm
- scientific name
- Nyctophila reichii
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Lampyridae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 4,403
- sightings worldwide
- 4,800
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1859 by Pierre Nicolas Camille Jacquelin du Val
relatives· Lampyridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 367018, Wikidata Q2000931, GBIF 4430914, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.