#3887 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Anthomyia procellaris
Anthomyia procellaris
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 De Veranda, Rotterdam, Netherlands
📍 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
📍 Abdijlaan, Berkel-Enschot, North Brabant, NL
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Usquert, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
- 2. © Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
- 3. © Lee Cain · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Steve King · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. De Veranda, Rotterdam, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Abdijlaan, Berkel-Enschot, North Brabant, NL:© marcangel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Usquert, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anthomyia procellaris is a species of flies in the family Anthomyiidae....
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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,603 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1866 (160 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Anthomyia procellaris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Anthomyiidae
- sightings in NL
- 38
- sightings in Europe
- 442
- sightings worldwide
- 4,603
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,038
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1866
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 322343, Wikidata Q14218698, GBIF 1573475, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.