#3871 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Bruine tijger
Nephrotoma scurra
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what is it?
Nephrotoma scurra is a species of crane fly found in most of Europe and the East Palearctic. It should not be confused with the crane fly Pselliophora scurra Alexander, 1941, from the subfamily Ctenophorinae.
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 47 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 640 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818 (208 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Bruine tijger
- scientific name
- Nephrotoma scurra
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 47
- sightings in Europe
- 246
- sightings worldwide
- 640
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,112
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1818 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
#3805 📷 10Ruittijger
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
👀 138 in NL
#3817 📷 10Driebandtijger
Nephrotoma crocata
👀 110 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 803956, Wikidata Q1814877, GBIF 1509345, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.