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Small False Greenbottle

Neomyia cornicina

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Line Sabroe · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
Small False Greenbottle, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Neomyia cornicina is a common species of fly which is distributed across many parts the Palaearctic. It has been introduced in the Nearctic.

base stats

  • NL sightings 52iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,568iNaturalist 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 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,568 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 (245 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Small False Greenbottle
scientific name
Neomyia cornicina
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Muscidae
sightings in NL
52
sightings in Europe
838
sightings worldwide
3,568
GBIF records in NL
1,306
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1781 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Muscidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 129218, Wikidata Q6993367, GBIF 1527645, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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