#3810 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Black Snipefly
🇳🇱 Gewone schubsnipvlieg ·Chrysopilus cristatus
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 9742 KD Groningen, Netherlands
📍 6718 Ede, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Sandy Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Jörg Pageler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Jörg Pageler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9742 KD Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 6718 Ede, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Chrysopilus cristatus , is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.
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 121 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,800 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Snipefly
- Nederlands
- Gewone schubsnipvlieg
- scientific name
- Chrysopilus cristatus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Rhagionidae
- sightings in NL
- 121
- sightings in Europe
- 1,314
- sightings worldwide
- 2,800
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,751
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Rhagionidae
#3793 📷 8Marsh Snipe Fly
🇳🇱 Gele snipvlieg
Rhagio tringarius
👀 178 in NL
#3808 📷 10Downlooker Snipefly
🇳🇱 Gewone snipvlieg
Rhagio scolopaceus
👀 124 in NL
#3875 📷 10Ongevlekte snipvlieg
Rhagio immaculatus
👀 45 in NL
#3892 📷 10Small Fleck-winged Snipefly
🇳🇱 Kleine snipvlieg
Rhagio lineola
👀 37 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 70404, Wikidata Q1088865, GBIF 5766100, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.