#3759 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Migrant Hover Fly

🇳🇱 Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg ·Eupeodes corollae

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
3. © Mickaël Villemagne · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © ryanderoo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
6. © andyv1968 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ermelo, Nederland:© Jurriën de Vries · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6744 PE Ederveen, Nederland:© Benno · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nieuweweg 65, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eupeodes corollae is a very common European species of hoverfly. 43 in) in body length. Males and females have different marking on the abdomen; males have square commas on tergites 3 and 4, whereas females have narrow commas. Larvae feed on aphids. This species has been used experimentally in glasshouses as a method of aphid control, and to control scale insects and aphids in fruit plantations. They were found to be partial to...

base stats

NL sightings 697iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 19,058iNaturalist 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 697 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #8 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
19,058 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).