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Beeklangpootmug

Tipula lateralis

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Beeklangpootmug, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tipula lateralis is a species of True Craneflies.

base stats

  • NL sightings 78iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,806iNaturalist 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 78 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,806 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1830 (196 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Beeklangpootmug
scientific name
Tipula lateralis
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Tipulidae
sightings in NL
78
sightings in Europe
638
sightings worldwide
1,806
GBIF records in NL
922
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1830 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen

relatives· Tipulidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 495503, Wikidata Q2387166, GBIF 1506780, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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