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Dwarsstreepmaanmug

Tipula fascipennis

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?

Tipula fascipennis is a species of True Craneflies.

base stats

  • NL sightings 66iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,815iNaturalist 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 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,815 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1818 (208 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Dwarsstreepmaanmug
scientific name
Tipula fascipennis
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Tipulidae
sightings in NL
66
sightings in Europe
861
sightings worldwide
1,815
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1818 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen

relatives· Tipulidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 546369, Wikidata Q2948060, GBIF 1506513, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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