#3879 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Geelflanktijger
Nephrotoma flavescens
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Bosbaan, Amstelveen, North Holland, NL
📍 Spijkenisse, Nederland
📍 1117 CE Flughafen Amsterdam Schiphol, Niederlande
📍 Aan de Fremme
📍 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Olivier Morel · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Maxime VASSEUR · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Albert Cardona · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Julien Bottinelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Bosbaan, Amstelveen, North Holland, NL:© Zoe Zhou · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Spijkenisse, Nederland:© roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 1117 CE Flughafen Amsterdam Schiphol, Niederlande:© Bettina · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Aan de Fremme:© Red Bikkel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. 4101 JK Culemborg, Nederland:© Bas Engels · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nephrotoma flavescens is a species of fly in the family Tipulidae. It is found in the Palearctic ....
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 43 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,926 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Geelflanktijger
- scientific name
- Nephrotoma flavescens
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 43
- sightings in Europe
- 1,112
- sightings worldwide
- 2,926
- GBIF records in NL
- 883
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Tipulidae
#3769 📷 10European Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Gazonlangpootmug
Tipula paludosa
👀 446 in NL
#3771 📷 7black-striped cranefly
🇳🇱 Lentelangpoot
Tipula vernalis
👀 386 in NL
#3789 📷 7Marsh Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Kool-langpootmug
Tipula oleracea
👀 208 in NL
#3792 📷 8four-spotted cranefly
🇳🇱 Zigzagtijger
Nephrotoma quadrifaria
👀 180 in NL
#3794 📷 9Spotted Cranefly
🇳🇱 Tijgerlangpootmug
Nephrotoma appendiculata
👀 178 in NL
#3797 📷 10Oranje maanmug
Tipula lunata
👀 160 in NL
#3805 📷 10Ruittijger
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
👀 138 in NL
#3817 📷 10Driebandtijger
Nephrotoma crocata
👀 110 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 322535, Wikidata Q1991334, GBIF 1509097, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.