#3869 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Blauwe goudtip
Tipula luna
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 De Bretten, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Terneuzen, Netherlands
📍 Hippolytushoef, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Bjarne Amstrup · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Francis Birlenbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © John P · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © janet graham · CC BY 4.0
- 7. De Bretten, Amsterdam, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Terneuzen, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Hippolytushoef, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Tipula luna is a species of true cranefly.
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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 673 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Blauwe goudtip
- scientific name
- Tipula luna
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 317
- sightings worldwide
- 673
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,485
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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 637683, Wikidata Q615961, GBIF 1505482, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.