#3873 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Dexiosoma caninum
Dexiosoma caninum
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands
📍 9717 HD Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland
📍 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Valkenburg aan de Geul, NL-LI, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Иван Матершев · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9717 HD Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. 9742 PX Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Valkenburg aan de Geul, NL-LI, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,150 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 (245 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Dexiosoma caninum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tachinidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 1,676
- sightings worldwide
- 2,150
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,087
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1781 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Tachinidae
#3772 📷 8Common Tachinid
🇳🇱 Woeste sluipvlieg
Tachina fera
👀 362 in NL
#3798 📷 10Phasia aurigera
Phasia aurigera
👀 156 in NL
#3803 📷 10Red Spotted Parasite Fly
Eriothrix rufomaculata
👀 144 in NL
#3819 📷 10Mintho rufiventris
Mintho rufiventris
👀 103 in NL
#3830 📷 9Yellow-faced Fly
🇳🇱 Stekelsluipvlieg
Tachina grossa
👀 88 in NL
#3841 📷 8Wantssluipvlieg
Phasia hemiptera
👀 77 in NL
#3849 📷 10Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis
👀 64 in NL
#3855 📷 10Phania funesta
Phania funesta
👀 60 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 547152, Wikidata Q14430561, GBIF 4515025, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.