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Pouting Woodlouse-fly

🇳🇱 Gewone pissebedvlieg ·Rhinophora lepida

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
Pouting Woodlouse-fly, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Dorine Post · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De gewone pissebedvlieg ( Rhinophora lepida ) is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de pissebedvliegen (Rhinophoridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1824 als Tachina lepida gepubliceerd door Johann Wilhelm Meigen.

base stats

  • NL sightings 94iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,185iNaturalist 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 94 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 2,185 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Pouting Woodlouse-fly
Nederlands
Gewone pissebedvlieg
scientific name
Rhinophora lepida
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Rhinophoridae
sightings in NL
94
sightings in Europe
766
sightings worldwide
2,185
GBIF records in NL
864
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Rhinophoridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 625003, Wikidata Q14086866, GBIF 5072889, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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