#3895 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Ragwort Fly

🇳🇱 Gebandeerde kruiskruidboorvlieg ·Sphenella marginata

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Kentish Plumber · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Jachthaven Z.v. de Lek, 3434 Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Leek, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Geinoord 9-12, 3432 PE Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Loosduinen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3768 MH Soest, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. Lexmond, Lexmond, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Sphenella marginata is a species of fly in the family Tephritidae, the gall flies. It is found in the Palearctic . The larvae feed on Senecio vulgaris .

base stats

NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 554iNaturalist 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).