#3768 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Broad Centurion Fly

🇳🇱 Gewone prachtwapenvlieg ·Chloromyia formosa

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Nash Turley · CC BY 4.0
2. © Aurea&Ramon · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Luke D Chambers · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Valentin Hamon · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
6. Lindenholt, Nimwegen, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 2825 Berkenwoude, Netherlands:© Steven Schulting · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
9. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
10. Dalfsen, 7722 HA Dalfsen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Chloromyia formosa is a species of 'Soldier Flies' belonging to the family Stratiomyidae.

base stats

NL sightings 455iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,707iNaturalist 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 455 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
16,707 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).