#3762 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Common Globetail
🇳🇱 Grote Langlijf ·Sphaerophoria scripta
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what is it?
Sphaerophoria scripta , the long hoverfly , is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
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 614 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #11 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
- 29,023 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Globetail
- Nederlands
- Grote Langlijf
- scientific name
- Sphaerophoria scripta
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Syrphidae
- sightings in NL
- 614
- sightings in Europe
- 24,929
- sightings worldwide
- 29,023
- GBIF records in NL
- 34,941
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Syrphidae
#3752 📷 10Common Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Blinde bij
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 52964, Wikidata Q1520915, GBIF 1539177, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.