#3922 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Sciapus platypterus
Sciapus platypterus
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
📍 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © simondenis142857 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © F. Lawler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © mcroz · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Jon Mortin · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 8. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 9. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 10. 9261 Eastermar, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Sciapus platypterus is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in the Palearctic ....
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 814 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1805 (221 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Sciapus platypterus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Dolichopodidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 324
- sightings worldwide
- 814
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,294
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1805 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Dolichopodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 361085, Wikidata Q13956369, GBIF 1603779, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.