#3866 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Dusky-banded Leafwalker
🇳🇱 Korte bladloper ·Chalcosyrphus nemorum
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-HS, NL-NB, NL
📍 Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 De Geelders, Boxtel, North Brabant, NL
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
📍 Udenhout, North Brabant, NL
📍 Boezemweg, Lexmond, South Holland, NL
📍 Udenhout, North Brabant, NL
📍 Boswachterij Dorst, Dorst, North Brabant, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Simon Maynollo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 3. Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-HS, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 5. De Geelders, Boxtel, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Udenhout, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Boezemweg, Lexmond, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Udenhout, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Boswachterij Dorst, Dorst, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Chalcosyrphus nemorum is a Palearctic and Nearctic species of hoverfly.
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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,028 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1805 (221 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dusky-banded Leafwalker
- Nederlands
- Korte bladloper
- scientific name
- Chalcosyrphus nemorum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Syrphidae
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 501
- sightings worldwide
- 2,028
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,985
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1805 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Syrphidae
#3752 📷 10Common Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Blinde bij
Eristalis tenax
👀 4.5k in NL
#3753 📷 8Marmalade Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Snorzweefvlieg
Episyrphus balteatus
👀 2.6k in NL
#3754 📷 10Tapered Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Kegelbijvlieg
Eristalis pertinax
👀 1.6k in NL
#3755 📷 8Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Pendelzweefvlieg
Helophilus pendulus
👀 1.6k in NL
#3756 📷 10Yellow-haired Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Doodskopzweefvlieg
Myathropa florea
👀 1.4k in NL
#3757 📷 8Hornet Mimic Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Stadsreus
Volucella zonaria
👀 1.3k in NL
#3759 📷 10Migrant Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg
Eupeodes corollae
👀 697 in NL
#3760 📷 7Trivittate Marsh Fly
🇳🇱 Citroenpendelvlieg
Helophilus trivittatus
👀 643 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 486881, Wikidata Q2748550, GBIF 1533710, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.