#3836 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Variable Duskyface Fly

🇳🇱 Gewone Driehoekzweefvlieg ·Melanostoma mellinum

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Harsi S. Parker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Rand Workman · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Rand Workman · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6255 Noorbeek, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Meer Planten · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Melanostoma mellinum , is a very common species of hoverfly found in many parts of Britain, Europe including the Mediterranean basin and North Africa, the East Palearctic and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 84iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,269iNaturalist 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).