#3930 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Zwartbekbandzweefvlieg
Epistrophe melanostoma
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Ter Kleef en Te Zaanen, Haarlem, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Tilburg, NL-NB, NL
📍 Utrecht, Willem Dreeslaan, 3515 ET Utrecht, Netherlands
📍 Hilversum, Nederland
📍 Nijmegen, Huygensgebouw, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Konrad Zobel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © carnifex · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Ter Kleef en Te Zaanen, Haarlem, Nederland:© wgdevoogt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Utrecht, Willem Dreeslaan, 3515 ET Utrecht, Netherlands:© Adam Leigh · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Hilversum, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Nijmegen, Huygensgebouw, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Epistrophe melanostoma is a European species of hoverfly.
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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 470 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1843 (183 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Zwartbekbandzweefvlieg
- scientific name
- Epistrophe melanostoma
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Syrphidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 284
- sightings worldwide
- 470
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,238
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1843 by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
relatives· Syrphidae
#3752 📷 10Common Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Blinde bij
Eristalis tenax
👀 4.5k in NL
#3753 📷 8Marmalade Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Snorzweefvlieg
Episyrphus balteatus
👀 2.6k in NL
#3754 📷 10Tapered Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Kegelbijvlieg
Eristalis pertinax
👀 1.6k in NL
#3755 📷 8Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Pendelzweefvlieg
Helophilus pendulus
👀 1.6k in NL
#3756 📷 10Yellow-haired Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Doodskopzweefvlieg
Myathropa florea
👀 1.4k in NL
#3757 📷 8Hornet Mimic Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Stadsreus
Volucella zonaria
👀 1.3k in NL
#3759 📷 10Migrant Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg
Eupeodes corollae
👀 697 in NL
#3760 📷 7Trivittate Marsh Fly
🇳🇱 Citroenpendelvlieg
Helophilus trivittatus
👀 643 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 486734, Wikidata Q5383639, GBIF 5766583, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.