#3903 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Yellow-bowed Smoothwing
🇳🇱 Gele halvemaanzweefvlieg ·Scaeva selenitica
📍 Puccinipad 9, Voorhout, South Holland, NL
📍 2114 Vogelenzang, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Pinkenbergseweg, Velp, Gelderland, NL
📍 Horsterwold, Zeewolde, Flevoland, NL
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Benjamin Mayer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Frans · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. Puccinipad 9, Voorhout, South Holland, NL:© Phillip Cochrane · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 2114 Vogelenzang, Netherlands:© Milo "Bulle" van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Pinkenbergseweg, Velp, Gelderland, NL:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Horsterwold, Zeewolde, Flevoland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Scaeva selenitica is a species of hoverfly.
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 35 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,985 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1822 (204 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellow-bowed Smoothwing
- Nederlands
- Gele halvemaanzweefvlieg
- scientific name
- Scaeva selenitica
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Syrphidae
- sightings in NL
- 35
- sightings in Europe
- 1,280
- sightings worldwide
- 2,985
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,642
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1822 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
relatives· Syrphidae
#3752 📷 10Common Drone Fly
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Eristalis tenax
👀 4.5k in NL
#3753 📷 8Marmalade Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Snorzweefvlieg
Episyrphus balteatus
👀 2.6k in NL
#3754 📷 10Tapered Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Kegelbijvlieg
Eristalis pertinax
👀 1.6k in NL
#3755 📷 8Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Pendelzweefvlieg
Helophilus pendulus
👀 1.6k in NL
#3756 📷 10Yellow-haired Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Doodskopzweefvlieg
Myathropa florea
👀 1.4k in NL
#3757 📷 8Hornet Mimic Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Stadsreus
Volucella zonaria
👀 1.3k in NL
#3759 📷 10Migrant Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg
Eupeodes corollae
👀 697 in NL
#3760 📷 7Trivittate Marsh Fly
🇳🇱 Citroenpendelvlieg
Helophilus trivittatus
👀 643 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 349217, Wikidata Q1760858, GBIF 1537717, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.