#3826 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
bumblebee robberfly
🇳🇱 Gele hommelroofvlieg ·Laphria flava
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © mikkekv · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Wolfgang Jauch · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Stella Mielke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Erik Jørgensen · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. © Bjørnar Tuftin · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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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 90 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,456 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- bumblebee robberfly
- Nederlands
- Gele hommelroofvlieg
- scientific name
- Laphria flava
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Asilidae
- sightings in NL
- 90
- sightings in Europe
- 2,117
- sightings worldwide
- 3,456
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,939
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
relatives· Asilidae
#3776 📷 10Stripe-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Gewone bladjager
Dioctria hyalipennis
👀 298 in NL
#3779 📷 10Common Awl Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosrandroofvlieg
Neoitamus cyanurus
👀 242 in NL
#3800 📷 10Dune Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Zandroofvlieg
Philonicus albiceps
👀 148 in NL
#3804 📷 10kite-tailed robberfly
🇳🇱 Gewone roofvlieg
Tolmerus atricapillus
👀 138 in NL
#3820 📷 10Roodbaardroofvlieg
Eutolmus rufibarbis
👀 99 in NL
#3835 📷 10fan-bristled robberfly
🇳🇱 Borstelroofvlieg
Dysmachus trigonus
👀 85 in NL
#3844 📷 7Hornet Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Hoornaarroofvlieg
Asilus crabroniformis
👀 70 in NL
#3864 📷 10Small Yellow-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosgeelvlekbladjager
Dioctria linearis
👀 50 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51574, Wikidata Q1499269, GBIF 1660674, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.