#3766 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Stripe-winged Drone Fly

🇳🇱 Bosbijvlieg ·Eristalis horticola

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Merwelanden, Dordrecht, Netherlands:© vsvogelaar · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Turfberg, 2716 DZ Zoetermeer, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. 6294 Vijlen, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Margraten, NL-LI, NL:© raimundk · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eristalis horticola is a Palearctic species of hoverfly.

base stats

NL sightings 489iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,470iNaturalist 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 489 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #15 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
2,470 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1776 (250 years ago).