#3827 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 3611 AS Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands
📍 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
📍 Coevorden, Nederland
📍 Rotterdam, South Holland, NL
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 1092 Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Valentina L. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. 3611 AS Oud-Zuilen, Netherlands:© Adam Leigh · CC BY 4.0
- 4. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. Coevorden, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Rotterdam, South Holland, NL:© peter maaskant · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 1092 Amsterdam, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Suillia variegata is a Palearctic species of Heleomyzidae....
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 90 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,417 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Hermann Loew in 1862 (164 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Suillia variegata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Heleomyzidae
- sightings in NL
- 90
- sightings in Europe
- 1,514
- sightings worldwide
- 2,417
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,582
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1862 by Hermann Loew
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 343752, Wikidata Q7635485, GBIF 1563174, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.