#3853 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Black Colonel
🇳🇱 Zwarte moeraswapenvlieg ·Odontomyia tigrina
📍 Uiterwaarden Lek, Lexmond, Utrecht, NL
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Voorschoten, Nederland
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 9766 Eelderwolde, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
- 2. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Tamás Klózer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Uiterwaarden Lek, Lexmond, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9766 Eelderwolde, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Odontomyia tigrina , also called the black colonel , is a European species of soldier fly.
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 62 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 345 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Colonel
- Nederlands
- Zwarte moeraswapenvlieg
- scientific name
- Odontomyia tigrina
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Stratiomyidae
- sightings in NL
- 62
- sightings in Europe
- 306
- sightings worldwide
- 345
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,994
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Stratiomyidae
#3768 📷 10Broad Centurion Fly
🇳🇱 Gewone prachtwapenvlieg
Chloromyia formosa
👀 455 in NL
#3816 📷 10Twin-Spot Centurion Fly
🇳🇱 Herfstmetaalwapenvlieg
Sargus bipunctatus
👀 111 in NL
#3880 📷 10Flecked General
🇳🇱 Gewone langsprietwapenvlieg
Stratiomys singularior
👀 42 in NL
#3884 📷 8Common Green Colonel
🇳🇱 Kleine moeraswapenvlieg
Oplodontha viridula
👀 40 in NL
#3902 📷 7Black-horned Gem Fly
🇳🇱 Groene glimwapenvlieg
Microchrysa polita
👀 35 in NL
#3926 📷 10Twin-spotted Major
🇳🇱 Zwart verfdrupje
Oxycera leonina
👀 29 in NL
#3935 📷 9Black Soldier Fly
🇳🇱 Zwarte soldatenvlieg
Hermetia illucens
👀 13 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 736824, Wikidata Q7077992, GBIF 1581158, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.