#3968 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Common European Scorpionfly
🇳🇱 Gewone schorpioenvlieg ·Panorpa communis
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 De Weere, Netherlands
📍 6964 BG Hall, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Westendorp, Nederland
📍 De Zilk, Nederland
📍 Winterswijk, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Bill Lucas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Хаматов Гадылхан · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tina Ellegaard Poulsen · CC BY 4.0
- 5. De Weere, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 6964 BG Hall, Nederland:© Johan Devos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Westendorp, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. De Zilk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Winterswijk, Nederland:© TOV Muusse · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Panorpa communis , the common scorpionfly , is a species of scorpionfly native to Western Europe.
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
- Spotted 349 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #27 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 14,596 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common European Scorpionfly
- Nederlands
- Gewone schorpioenvlieg
- scientific name
- Panorpa communis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Mecoptera
- family
- Panorpidae
- sightings in NL
- 349
- sightings in Europe
- 7,718
- sightings worldwide
- 14,596
- GBIF records in NL
- 36,315
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Panorpidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51699, Wikidata Q127008, GBIF 5742495, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.