#3880 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Flecked General
🇳🇱 Gewone langsprietwapenvlieg ·Stratiomys singularior
📍 Zaandam
📍 8312 Creil, Nederland
📍 Grebbedijk, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
📍 Zuid-Holland, Nederland
📍 De Weere, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Roddy Hays · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Pete Woodall · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © clicque · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Kasper Malmberg · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © paulsullivan25 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Zaandam:© jeroenpater · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 8312 Creil, Nederland:© lucs02 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Grebbedijk, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. De Weere, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Stratiomys singularior , the flecked general , is a European species of soldier fly....
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 42 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 510 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Moses Harris in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Flecked General
- Nederlands
- Gewone langsprietwapenvlieg
- scientific name
- Stratiomys singularior
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Stratiomyidae
- sightings in NL
- 42
- sightings in Europe
- 429
- sightings worldwide
- 510
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,901
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Moses Harris
relatives· Stratiomyidae
#3768 📷 10Broad Centurion Fly
🇳🇱 Gewone prachtwapenvlieg
Chloromyia formosa
👀 455 in NL
#3816 📷 10Twin-Spot Centurion Fly
🇳🇱 Herfstmetaalwapenvlieg
Sargus bipunctatus
👀 111 in NL
#3853 📷 10Black Colonel
🇳🇱 Zwarte moeraswapenvlieg
Odontomyia tigrina
👀 62 in NL
#3884 📷 8Common Green Colonel
🇳🇱 Kleine moeraswapenvlieg
Oplodontha viridula
👀 40 in NL
#3902 📷 7Black-horned Gem Fly
🇳🇱 Groene glimwapenvlieg
Microchrysa polita
👀 35 in NL
#3926 📷 10Twin-spotted Major
🇳🇱 Zwart verfdrupje
Oxycera leonina
👀 29 in NL
#3935 📷 9Black Soldier Fly
🇳🇱 Zwarte soldatenvlieg
Hermetia illucens
👀 13 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 475498, Wikidata Q1471341, GBIF 4293822, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.