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Phasia aurigera

Phasia aurigera

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
Phasia aurigera, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Phasia aurigera is a species of tachinid fly.

base stats

  • NL sightings 156iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 594iNaturalist 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 156 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #47 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
  • 594 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

scientific name
Phasia aurigera
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Tachinidae
sightings in NL
156
sightings in Europe
497
sightings worldwide
594
GBIF records in NL
1,952
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Tachinidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 512867, Wikidata Q7180996, GBIF 1464726, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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