#3761 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Eurasian Drone Fly

🇳🇱 Kleine bijvlieg ·Eristalis arbustorum

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mardon Erbland · CC0
2. © Ivan Pancic · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Yvan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © latimeria-co · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mike Kerry · CC BY 4.0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Wijchen, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · 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?

Eristalis arbustorum is a European species of hoverfly. The size of the coloured patches on the abdomen varies with larval rearing temperature, as does wing length. They are attracted to the flowers of cow parsley, common hogweed, creeping thistle, knapweed and common yarrow.

base stats

NL sightings 626iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 32,342iNaturalist observations

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 626 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
32,342 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).