#3779 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Common Awl Robber Fly

🇳🇱 Bosrandroofvlieg ·Neoitamus cyanurus

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
7. 8426 SJ Wateren, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zeegse:© sjetta · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Terneuzen, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Neoitamus cyanurus , the Common Awl Robberfly is a species of 'stiletto flies' belonging to the family Asilidae.

base stats

NL sightings 242iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,977iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 242 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
2,977 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Hermann Loew in 1849 (177 years ago).