#3801 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Stripe-backed Brusheye

🇳🇱 Bretelwimperzweefvlieg ·Dasysyrphus albostriatus

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Mick Talbot · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © gailhampshire · CC BY 4.0
5. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Dasysyrphus albostriatus is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

base stats

NL sightings 146iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,262iNaturalist 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 146 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #50 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
3,262 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1817 (209 years ago).