#3792 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

four-spotted cranefly

🇳🇱 Zigzagtijger ·Nephrotoma quadrifaria

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Nephrotoma quadrifaria is a species of true cranefly found in most of Europe. The subspecies N. q. farsidica is found in Iran.

base stats

NL sightings 180iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,247iNaturalist 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 180 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #41 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
2,247 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1804 (222 years ago).