#3878 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Black Banded Bee Fly
🇳🇱 Duinrouwzwever ·Hemipenthes morio
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Aardbeienvlak 2, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 Berg en Dal, Netherlands
📍 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
📍 2243 GN Wassenaar, Nederland
📍 Wassenaar, Nederland
📍 Castricum, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Иван Пристрем · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Adrian Kreft · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Aardbeienvlak 2, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, NL:© maimarloes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Berg en Dal, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 8. 2243 GN Wassenaar, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. Wassenaar, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Castricum, Nederland:© Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Hemipenthes morio is a species of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae subfamily Anthracinae.
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 43 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,170 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Banded Bee Fly
- Nederlands
- Duinrouwzwever
- scientific name
- Hemipenthes morio
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Bombyliidae
- sightings in NL
- 43
- sightings in Europe
- 6,819
- sightings worldwide
- 7,170
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,163
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Bombyliidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 321705, Wikidata Q1604784, GBIF 1669519, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.