#3793 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Marsh Snipe Fly

🇳🇱 Gele snipvlieg ·Rhagio tringarius

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0
4. © Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0
5. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Rhagio tringarius , common name Marsh Snipefly , is a species of flies from the family Rhagionidae....

base stats

NL sightings 178iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,740iNaturalist 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 178 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
10,740 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).