#3882 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Bruinvleugelroofvlieg
Pamponerus germanicus
📍 Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands
📍 Ommen, Nederland
📍 Tilburg, NL-NB, NL
📍 Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Garderen, Gelderland, NL
📍 2116 Bentveld, Nederland
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Fritz Geller-Grimm · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Torsten Dikow · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Beentree · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Beentree · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Ommen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Het Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Garderen, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. 2116 Bentveld, Nederland:© wgdevoogt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Pamponerus germanicus is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.
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 41 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 453 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Bruinvleugelroofvlieg
- scientific name
- Pamponerus germanicus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Asilidae
- sightings in NL
- 41
- sightings in Europe
- 212
- sightings worldwide
- 453
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,611
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Asilidae
#3776 📷 10Stripe-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Gewone bladjager
Dioctria hyalipennis
👀 298 in NL
#3779 📷 10Common Awl Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosrandroofvlieg
Neoitamus cyanurus
👀 242 in NL
#3800 📷 10Dune Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Zandroofvlieg
Philonicus albiceps
👀 148 in NL
#3804 📷 10kite-tailed robberfly
🇳🇱 Gewone roofvlieg
Tolmerus atricapillus
👀 138 in NL
#3820 📷 10Roodbaardroofvlieg
Eutolmus rufibarbis
👀 99 in NL
#3826 📷 10bumblebee robberfly
🇳🇱 Gele hommelroofvlieg
Laphria flava
👀 90 in NL
#3835 📷 10fan-bristled robberfly
🇳🇱 Borstelroofvlieg
Dysmachus trigonus
👀 85 in NL
#3844 📷 7Hornet Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Hoornaarroofvlieg
Asilus crabroniformis
👀 70 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 416298, Wikidata Q10803867, GBIF 1654928, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.