#3859 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Fever Fly
🇳🇱 Koortsvlieg ·Dilophus febrilis
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Dilophus febrilis is a species of fly in the family Bibionidae. It is found in the Palearctic....
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 54 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,141 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Fever Fly
- Nederlands
- Koortsvlieg
- scientific name
- Dilophus febrilis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Bibionidae
- sightings in NL
- 54
- sightings in Europe
- 1,070
- sightings worldwide
- 4,141
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,937
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Bibionidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 326610, Wikidata Q14190458, GBIF 1590665, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.