#3843 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Maskerkamlangpoot
Ctenophora festiva
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 8256 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
📍 Velp, Heemskerklaan, 6881 EP Velp, Nederland
📍 Bussum
📍 Hunnerpark, Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL
📍 Methusalemlaan, Ugchelen, Gelderland, NL
📍 Tiel, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ryszard Orzechowski · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © gentoo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © katielef · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ahmed Mujčinović · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. 8256 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands:© Robin Fokker · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Velp, Heemskerklaan, 6881 EP Velp, Nederland:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Bussum:© matthijsmeijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Hunnerpark, Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL:© dieterm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Methusalemlaan, Ugchelen, Gelderland, NL:© revos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Tiel, Netherlands:© stefan_hageman · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Ctenophora festiva is a true crane fly species in the genus Ctenophora . It is found in Europe.
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 75 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,149 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1804 (222 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Maskerkamlangpoot
- scientific name
- Ctenophora festiva
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 75
- sightings in Europe
- 741
- sightings worldwide
- 1,149
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,948
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1804 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
relatives· Tipulidae
#3769 📷 10European Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Gazonlangpootmug
Tipula paludosa
👀 446 in NL
#3771 📷 7black-striped cranefly
🇳🇱 Lentelangpoot
Tipula vernalis
👀 386 in NL
#3789 📷 7Marsh Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Kool-langpootmug
Tipula oleracea
👀 208 in NL
#3792 📷 8four-spotted cranefly
🇳🇱 Zigzagtijger
Nephrotoma quadrifaria
👀 180 in NL
#3794 📷 9Spotted Cranefly
🇳🇱 Tijgerlangpootmug
Nephrotoma appendiculata
👀 178 in NL
#3797 📷 10Oranje maanmug
Tipula lunata
👀 160 in NL
#3805 📷 10Ruittijger
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
👀 138 in NL
#3817 📷 10Driebandtijger
Nephrotoma crocata
👀 110 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 416292, Wikidata Q1913225, GBIF 5064362, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.