#3890 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Zwartvlerkbladjager
Dioctria oelandica
📍 7245 Laren, Nederland
📍 Wezuperbrug, Nederland
📍 Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland
📍 5032 PJ Tilburg, Nederland
📍 Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © AWI i Pr. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Иван Матершев · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Joachim Wimmer · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. 7245 Laren, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Wezuperbrug, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 5032 PJ Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Noord Tilburg, Tilburg, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Dioctria oelandica 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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 411 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Zwartvlerkbladjager
- scientific name
- Dioctria oelandica
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Asilidae
- sightings in NL
- 38
- sightings in Europe
- 351
- sightings worldwide
- 411
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,960
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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 496640, Wikidata Q10755697, GBIF 1656438, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.