#3874 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Banded Burdock Fly
🇳🇱 Gele klitboorvlieg ·Terellia tussilaginis
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 3744 KC Baarn, Netherlands
📍 Abtswoudse Bos, 2626 Delft, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Lexmond, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Nederland
📍 Nieuwegein, Wijkersloot, 3431 AK Nieuwegein, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 3. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 4. 3744 KC Baarn, Netherlands:© tricky_vicky · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Abtswoudse Bos, 2626 Delft, Netherlands:© Linda · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Lexmond, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Nieuwegein, Wijkersloot, 3431 AK Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Terellia tussilaginis , the gall fly, is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,536 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Banded Burdock Fly
- Nederlands
- Gele klitboorvlieg
- scientific name
- Terellia tussilaginis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tephritidae
- sightings in NL
- 46
- sightings in Europe
- 375
- sightings worldwide
- 1,536
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,507
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Tephritidae
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🇳🇱 Meidoornboorvlieg
Anomoia purmunda
👀 78 in NL
#3852 📷 9Thistle Stem Gall Fly
🇳🇱 Akkerdistelgalboorvlieg
Urophora cardui
👀 62 in NL
#3860 📷 8Mottled Thistle Fly
🇳🇱 Akkerdistelboorvlieg
Xyphosia miliaria
👀 53 in NL
#3870 📷 10Celery Fly
🇳🇱 Grote schermbloemboorvlieg
Euleia heraclei
👀 48 in NL
#3895 📷 10Ragwort Fly
🇳🇱 Gebandeerde kruiskruidboorvlieg
Sphenella marginata
👀 37 in NL
#3913 📷 10Walnut Husk Fly
🇳🇱 Walnootboorvlieg
Rhagoletis completa
👀 32 in NL
#3915 📷 10Biggenkruidboorvlieg
Tephritis vespertina
👀 32 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 488516, Wikidata Q14405989, GBIF 1627994, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.