#3917 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Parsley Blacklet

🇳🇱 Kervelgitje ·Cheilosia pagana

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © A Emmerson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Wageningen, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands:© Mr. Fizzy · CC BY 4.0
7. Nieuwe Tiend, Udenhout, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. De Geelders, Boxtel, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Cheilosia pagana is a Holarctic species of hoverfly. Like most Cheilosia it is black, and because of this may often be overlooked as a hoverfly. One identifying feature is a large red to orange 3rd antennal segment.

base stats

NL sightings 31iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,316iNaturalist 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).