#3858 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Spoilertijger
Nephrotoma guestfalica
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what is it?
Nephrotoma guestfalica is a species of crane fly within the family Tipulidae. It is present throughout the Palearctic and the species consists of multiple subspecies. Nephrotoma guestfalica has a preference for sandy soils, especially river banks.
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 55 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 413 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Spoilertijger
- scientific name
- Nephrotoma guestfalica
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 55
- sightings in Europe
- 273
- sightings worldwide
- 413
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,216
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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 905941, Wikidata Q1939203, GBIF 1509045, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.