#3800 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Dune Robber Fly

🇳🇱 Zandroofvlieg ·Philonicus albiceps

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Bernd Bäumler · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Valkenswaard, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Drunen, Nederland:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Callantsoog, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Usquert, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Philonicus albiceps is a species of ' stiletto flies' belonging to the family Asilidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe...

base stats

NL sightings 148iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,919iNaturalist 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 148 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #48 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
1,919 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1820 (206 years ago).