#3805 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Ruittijger
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Velp, Nederland
📍 Van Lenneplaan, Hilversum, North Holland, NL
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
📍 The hague
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © licensed media from BioImages DwCA without owner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Dr. Nasser Halaweh · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Jerry Lanfear · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Dr. Nasser Halaweh · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Velp, Nederland:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Van Lenneplaan, Hilversum, North Holland, NL:© Thomas._.Birnie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. The hague:© no_reply_email · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nephrotoma flavipalpis 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 138 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,188 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1830 (196 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Ruittijger
- scientific name
- Nephrotoma flavipalpis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 138
- sightings in Europe
- 1,198
- sightings worldwide
- 2,188
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,396
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1830 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
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
#3817 📷 10Driebandtijger
Nephrotoma crocata
👀 110 in NL
#3831 📷 10Contrastwolkvleugel
Tipula confusa
👀 87 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 337926, Wikidata Q2773423, GBIF 1509290, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.