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base stats

• NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 1,225iNaturalist 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 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍1,225 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands

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scientific name

Temnostoma vespiforme

class

Insecta

order

Diptera

family

Syrphidae

sightings in NL

37

sightings in Europe

1,043

sightings worldwide

1,225

GBIF records in NL

1,853

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1758