#3854 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly

🇳🇱 Hoogveenzweefvlieg ·Sericomyia silentis

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © redohara190 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © oldbilluk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. 8371 Scheerwolde, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Spanderswoud:© Ron Rave · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-TI, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Torenlaan, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, NL:© ppdevries · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bargerveen, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Veldhoven, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sericomyia silentis , is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout the Palearctic but normally encountered in small numbers in mountain regions and moorland and bog locations.

base stats

NL sightings 61iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,685iNaturalist 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).