#3876 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Micropeza corrigiolata
Micropeza corrigiolata
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Zeeburg, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Will Linnard · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Will Linnard · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Zeeburg, Amsterdam, Nederland:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 1797 SL Den Hoorn Texel, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Micropeza corrigiolata is a species of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae.
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 44 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,141 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Micropeza corrigiolata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Micropezidae
- sightings in NL
- 44
- sightings in Europe
- 809
- sightings worldwide
- 1,141
- GBIF records in NL
- 916
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
relatives· Micropezidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 486982, Wikidata Q1566812, GBIF 1677470, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.