#3906 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
common red-legged robberfly
🇳🇱 Knobbelbladjager ·Dioctria rufipes
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Frank Vassen · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Frank Vassen · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tim Worfolk · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, NL-GE, NL:© 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?
Dioctria rufipes , the common red-legged robberfly , is a species of robber fly in the subfamily Dasypogoninae of 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 34 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,943 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- common red-legged robberfly
- Nederlands
- Knobbelbladjager
- scientific name
- Dioctria rufipes
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Asilidae
- sightings in NL
- 34
- sightings in Europe
- 1,497
- sightings worldwide
- 1,943
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Charles De Geer
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 547018, Wikidata Q10755708, GBIF 1655132, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.