#3787 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Eurasian Smoothwing

🇳🇱 Witte Halvemaanzwever ·Scaeva pyrastri

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Petr Kouba · CC BY 4.0
2. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Karen Stevnbak Andersen · CC0
6. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Helmond, Netherlands:© Erwin Sieben · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Scaeva pyrastri , common name the pied hoverfly , is a species of hoverfly.

base stats

NL sightings 213iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,798iNaturalist 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 213 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #36 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
10,798 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).