#3850 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Semaphore Fly
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 7274 Geesteren, Nederland
📍 8218 Lelystad, Netherlands
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
📍 2941 Lekkerkerk, Nederland
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Per Hoffmann Olsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 7274 Geesteren, Nederland:© Bas van Hulst-Kuiper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 8218 Lelystad, Netherlands:© Cecilia Bouman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. 2941 Lekkerkerk, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
what is it?
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus or Semaphore Fly is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.
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 63 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,497 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Semaphore Fly
- scientific name
- Poecilobothrus nobilitatus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Dolichopodidae
- sightings in NL
- 63
- sightings in Europe
- 1,421
- sightings worldwide
- 2,497
- GBIF records in NL
- 8,111
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1767
relatives· Dolichopodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 451398, Wikidata Q2100394, GBIF 1610221, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.