#4149 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Owly Sulphur

🇳🇱 Vlinderhaft ·Libelloides coccajus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © rodnas78 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Maurizio Sighele · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Bosco Difesa Grande, Gravina in Puglia, BA, Italia:© mick_photo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Mont Bochor, 73710 Pralognan-la-Vanoise, France:© Céline · CC BY 4.0
7. 77710 Treuzy-Levelay, France:© Benoît Segerer · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Italia:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. 72805 Lichtenstein, Deutschland:© Karen Andrea Boehme · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Libelloides coccajus , the " owly sulphur ", is an owlfly species belonging to the family Ascalaphidae, subfamily Ascalaphinae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,394iNaturalist 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.
6,394 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Owly Sulphur
Nederlands: Vlinderhaft
scientific name: Libelloides coccajus
class: Insecta
order: Neuroptera
family: Myrmeleontidae
sightings in NL: 0
sightings in Europe: 6,122
sightings worldwide: 6,394
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1775 by Ignaz Schiffermüller

relatives· Myrmeleontidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 60835, Wikidata Q1310447, GBIF 2103138, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.