#3864 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Small Yellow-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosgeelvlekbladjager ·Dioctria linearis
📍 3611 AS Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Groningen, NL-GR, NL
📍 Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Dmitry Gavryushin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Hannes Dahm · CC BY 4.0
- 4. 3611 AS Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands:© Adam Leigh · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groningen, NL-GR, NL:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Dioctria linearis is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae....
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 50 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,575 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 (239 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Small Yellow-legged Robber Fly
- Nederlands
- Bosgeelvlekbladjager
- scientific name
- Dioctria linearis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Asilidae
- sightings in NL
- 50
- sightings in Europe
- 1,332
- sightings worldwide
- 1,575
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Asilidae
#3776 📷 10Stripe-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Gewone bladjager
Dioctria hyalipennis
👀 298 in NL
#3779 📷 10Common Awl Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosrandroofvlieg
Neoitamus cyanurus
👀 242 in NL
#3800 📷 10Dune Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Zandroofvlieg
Philonicus albiceps
👀 148 in NL
#3804 📷 10kite-tailed robberfly
🇳🇱 Gewone roofvlieg
Tolmerus atricapillus
👀 138 in NL
#3820 📷 10Roodbaardroofvlieg
Eutolmus rufibarbis
👀 99 in NL
#3826 📷 10bumblebee robberfly
🇳🇱 Gele hommelroofvlieg
Laphria flava
👀 90 in NL
#3835 📷 10fan-bristled robberfly
🇳🇱 Borstelroofvlieg
Dysmachus trigonus
👀 85 in NL
#3844 📷 7Hornet Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Hoornaarroofvlieg
Asilus crabroniformis
👀 70 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 359369, Wikidata Q10755674, GBIF 1656422, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.