#3803 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Red Spotted Parasite Fly
Eriothrix rufomaculata
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Wierden, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 9747 AP Groningen, Netherlands
📍 6815 DJ Arnhem, Netherlands
📍 3958 Amerongen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © James Senn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Bea Leiderman · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Sandy Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Wierden, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. 9747 AP Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 6815 DJ Arnhem, Netherlands:© Adrian · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3958 Amerongen, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Eriothrix rufomaculata is a fly in the family Tachinidae.
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 144 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,546 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red Spotted Parasite Fly
- scientific name
- Eriothrix rufomaculata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tachinidae
- sightings in NL
- 144
- sightings in Europe
- 6,089
- sightings worldwide
- 7,546
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,618
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Charles De Geer
relatives· Tachinidae
#3772 📷 8Common Tachinid
🇳🇱 Woeste sluipvlieg
Tachina fera
👀 362 in NL
#3798 📷 10Phasia aurigera
Phasia aurigera
👀 156 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
#3849 📷 10Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis
👀 64 in NL
#3855 📷 10Phania funesta
Phania funesta
👀 60 in NL
#3873 📷 10Dexiosoma caninum
Dexiosoma caninum
👀 46 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 472363, Wikidata Q14627294, GBIF 1471177, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.