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orange-sided comb-horn

🇳🇱 Oranje kamlangpoot ·Ctenophora pectinicornis

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7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © carnifex · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Bruno Suhner · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  6. 6. © Janet Graham · CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
orange-sided comb-horn, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ctenophora pectinicornis is een tweevleugelige uit de familie langpootmuggen (Tipulidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd als Tipula pectinicornis in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus. De soort komt voor in het Palearctisch gebied.

base stats

  • NL sightings 86iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,399iNaturalist 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 86 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,399 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
orange-sided comb-horn
Nederlands
Oranje kamlangpoot
scientific name
Ctenophora pectinicornis
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Tipulidae
sightings in NL
86
sightings in Europe
926
sightings worldwide
1,399
GBIF records in NL
3,108
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Tipulidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 467076, Wikidata Q2774517, GBIF 5064369, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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