#3831 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Contrastwolkvleugel
Tipula confusa
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Boswachterij Dorst, Dorst, North Brabant, NL
📍 Assen, Hunsingostraat, 9405 EV Assen, Netherlands
📍 9351 JR Leek, Netherlands
📍 Voorburg, Nederland
📍 9351 JX Leek, Netherlands
📍 Groesbeek, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © kevinkclausen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Johan Devos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Johan Devos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Peter Eriksen · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Boswachterij Dorst, Dorst, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Assen, Hunsingostraat, 9405 EV Assen, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. 9351 JR Leek, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Voorburg, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9351 JX Leek, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Tipula confusa is a species of fly in the family Tipulidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
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 87 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,545 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Frederik Maurits van der Wulp in 1883 (143 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Contrastwolkvleugel
- scientific name
- Tipula confusa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 87
- sightings in Europe
- 630
- sightings worldwide
- 1,545
- GBIF records in NL
- 535
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1883 by Frederik Maurits van der Wulp
relatives· Tipulidae
#3769 📷 10European Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Gazonlangpootmug
Tipula paludosa
👀 446 in NL
#3771 📷 7black-striped cranefly
🇳🇱 Lentelangpoot
Tipula vernalis
👀 386 in NL
#3789 📷 7Marsh Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Kool-langpootmug
Tipula oleracea
👀 208 in NL
#3792 📷 8four-spotted cranefly
🇳🇱 Zigzagtijger
Nephrotoma quadrifaria
👀 180 in NL
#3794 📷 9Spotted Cranefly
🇳🇱 Tijgerlangpootmug
Nephrotoma appendiculata
👀 178 in NL
#3797 📷 10Oranje maanmug
Tipula lunata
👀 160 in NL
#3805 📷 10Ruittijger
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
👀 138 in NL
#3817 📷 10Driebandtijger
Nephrotoma crocata
👀 110 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 786075, Wikidata Q2231870, GBIF 1507383, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.