#3849 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © jfb22 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · 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. 6102 XW Echt, Nederland:© Pierre · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Ectophasia crassipennis is a species of 'parasitic flies' belonging to the family Tachinidae subfamily Phasiinae.
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 64 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,670 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Ectophasia crassipennis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tachinidae
- sightings in NL
- 64
- sightings in Europe
- 3,407
- sightings worldwide
- 7,670
- GBIF records in NL
- 7,061
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius
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
#3855 📷 10Phania funesta
Phania funesta
👀 60 in NL
#3873 📷 10Dexiosoma caninum
Dexiosoma caninum
👀 46 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 415467, Wikidata Q5334285, GBIF 1460610, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.