#3795 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Common Flower Fly

🇳🇱 Bessenbandzweefvlieg ·Syrphus ribesii

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Иван Тисленко · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Virginia Heatwole · CC BY 4.0
4. © Harrison J Elkins · CC BY 4.0
5. © Andy Slater · CC BY 4.0
6. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Julien Preud'homme · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Christian Ryan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Syrphus ribesii is a very common Holarctic species of hoverfly. Its larvae feed on aphids. In common with many other species of hoverfly, males have the eyes meeting on the top of the head, whilst females have their eyes widely separated.

base stats

NL sightings 173iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,021iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 173 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #44 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
9,021 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).