#3913 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Walnut Husk Fly
🇳🇱 Walnootboorvlieg ·Rhagoletis completa
📍 6909 AL Babberich, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Don Loarie · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. 6909 AL Babberich, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Rhagoletis completa is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Rhagoletis of the family Tephritidae.
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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 980 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1929 (97 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Walnut Husk Fly
- Nederlands
- Walnootboorvlieg
- scientific name
- Rhagoletis completa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tephritidae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 405
- sightings worldwide
- 980
- GBIF records in NL
- 342
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1929
relatives· Tephritidae
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🇳🇱 Meidoornboorvlieg
Anomoia purmunda
👀 78 in NL
#3852 📷 9Thistle Stem Gall Fly
🇳🇱 Akkerdistelgalboorvlieg
Urophora cardui
👀 62 in NL
#3860 📷 8Mottled Thistle Fly
🇳🇱 Akkerdistelboorvlieg
Xyphosia miliaria
👀 53 in NL
#3870 📷 10Celery Fly
🇳🇱 Grote schermbloemboorvlieg
Euleia heraclei
👀 48 in NL
#3874 📷 10Banded Burdock Fly
🇳🇱 Gele klitboorvlieg
Terellia tussilaginis
👀 46 in NL
#3895 📷 10Ragwort Fly
🇳🇱 Gebandeerde kruiskruidboorvlieg
Sphenella marginata
👀 37 in NL
#3915 📷 10Biggenkruidboorvlieg
Tephritis vespertina
👀 32 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 52202, Wikidata Q1493916, GBIF 1622658, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.