#3905 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Dinera ferina
Dinera ferina
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Otterlo, Nederland
📍 Holten, Nederland
📍 Winterswijk Ratum, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © fredur · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Otterlo, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Holten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Winterswijk Ratum, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · 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?
Dinera ferina ( Fallen ) is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
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 35 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,509 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Dinera ferina
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tachinidae
- sightings in NL
- 35
- sightings in Europe
- 1,080
- sightings worldwide
- 1,509
- GBIF records in NL
- 393
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Carl Fredrik Fallén
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 918466, Wikidata Q5278050, GBIF 1470178, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.