#3790 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Bumblebee Blacklet

🇳🇱 Wollig Gitje ·Cheilosia illustrata

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © oldbilluk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0
5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Wieringerwerf, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Vught, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Eys, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Cheilosia illustrata is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae....

base stats

NL sightings 200iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,453iNaturalist 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

Spotted 200 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
3,453 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Moses Harris in 1780 (246 years ago).