#3807 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Ferruginous Bee-Grabber
🇳🇱 Roestbruine kromlijf ·Sicus ferrugineus
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Goeree-Overflakkee, Goedereede, South Holland, NL
📍 Ouborg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
📍 Noordoostelijk van Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Nederland
📍 Heiloo, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Benoit NABHOLZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Tina Ellegaard Poulsen · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © NABU Nordvorpommern · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Goeree-Overflakkee, Goedereede, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Ouborg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL:© hdreko · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Noordoostelijk van Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Heiloo, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Sicus ferrugineus is a species of fly from the genus Sicus in the family Conopidae....
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 128 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,964 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ferruginous Bee-Grabber
- Nederlands
- Roestbruine kromlijf
- scientific name
- Sicus ferrugineus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Conopidae
- sightings in NL
- 128
- sightings in Europe
- 3,053
- sightings worldwide
- 7,964
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
relatives· Conopidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 70175, Wikidata Q1500632, GBIF 5077024, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.