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Bosdidea

Didea fasciata

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Andy Slater · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. Oosterhout, Nederland:© Jeroen van Soolingen · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Ommen, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
Bosdidea, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andy Slater · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Didea fasciata is a Holarctic species of hoverfly.

base stats

  • NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 540iNaturalist 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 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 540 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Pierre Justin Marie Macquart in 1834 (192 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Bosdidea
scientific name
Didea fasciata
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Syrphidae
sightings in NL
37
sightings in Europe
381
sightings worldwide
540
GBIF records in NL
2,180
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1834 by Pierre Justin Marie Macquart

relatives· Syrphidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 363776, Wikidata Q2748336, GBIF 1542027, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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