#3782 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Veranderlijke Bijvlieg

Eristalis similis

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
2. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
3. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
4. © Dulcie Beak · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands:© Elvira de Lange · CC BY 4.0
6. Heiloo, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 7161 Neede, Nederland:© Bas van Hulst-Kuiper · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nieuweweg 65, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Goirle, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 8899 AL Oost-Vlieland, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Eristalis similis is a European species of hoverfly.

base stats

NL sightings 232iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,098iNaturalist 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 232 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
8,098 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1817 (209 years ago).