#3955 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Meadow Scorpionfly
🇳🇱 Weideschorpioenvlieg ·Panorpa vulgaris
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Nationalpark De Maasduinen, Well, Limburg, NL
📍 Rekken
📍 Zeewolde, Netherlands
📍 Dalfsen, Nederland
📍 Heino
📍 Zoetermeer, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © bugzone · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © natali220860 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Alexandra Laking · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Andrei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Nationalpark De Maasduinen, Well, Limburg, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Rekken:© degraafmans · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Zeewolde, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Dalfsen, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Heino:© jimmywatch8 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zoetermeer, Nederland:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Panorpa vulgaris , also known by its common name meadow scorpionfly is a species from the genus Panorpa . The species was first described in 1845.
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 546 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #14 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 11,547 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Meadow Scorpionfly
- Nederlands
- Weideschorpioenvlieg
- scientific name
- Panorpa vulgaris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Mecoptera
- family
- Panorpidae
- sightings in NL
- 546
- sightings in Europe
- 8,031
- sightings worldwide
- 11,547
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Panorpidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 123579, Wikidata Q5295375, GBIF 5742531, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.