#3857 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Grey-spotted Sedgesitter

🇳🇱 Micaplatvoetje ·Platycheirus albimanus

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sam R · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ian Ballam · CC BY 4.0
6. © Albert Cardona · CC BY 4.0
7. Nijmegen, Huygensgebouw, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
8. Lexmond, Lexmond, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Doornenburg, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ooij, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Platycheirus albimanus is a common widespread species of hoverfly. A holarctic species its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Britain, mainland Europe, Russia, across Siberia to the pacific coast, the Philippines, Alaska, western Canada and United States.

base stats

NL sightings 55iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,851iNaturalist 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).