#3829 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Black-tailed Aphideater
🇳🇱 Grote kommazweefvlieg ·Eupeodes luniger
📍 Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Waalwijk
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jerry Lanfear · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Simon Oliver · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Matthew Vosper · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Matthew Vosper · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Waalwijk:© hellie69 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Eupeodes luniger is a common species of hoverfly.
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 88 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,468 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1822 (204 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black-tailed Aphideater
- Nederlands
- Grote kommazweefvlieg
- scientific name
- Eupeodes luniger
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Syrphidae
- sightings in NL
- 88
- sightings in Europe
- 2,926
- sightings worldwide
- 4,468
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,905
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1822 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
relatives· Syrphidae
#3752 📷 10Common Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Blinde bij
Eristalis tenax
👀 4.5k in NL
#3753 📷 8Marmalade Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Snorzweefvlieg
Episyrphus balteatus
👀 2.6k in NL
#3754 📷 10Tapered Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Kegelbijvlieg
Eristalis pertinax
👀 1.6k in NL
#3755 📷 8Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Pendelzweefvlieg
Helophilus pendulus
👀 1.6k in NL
#3756 📷 10Yellow-haired Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Doodskopzweefvlieg
Myathropa florea
👀 1.4k in NL
#3757 📷 8Hornet Mimic Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Stadsreus
Volucella zonaria
👀 1.3k in NL
#3759 📷 10Migrant Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg
Eupeodes corollae
👀 697 in NL
#3760 📷 7Trivittate Marsh Fly
🇳🇱 Citroenpendelvlieg
Helophilus trivittatus
👀 643 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 210336, Wikidata Q1767228, GBIF 1540875, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.