#3797 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Oranje maanmug

Tipula lunata

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © aga-ma · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © thierry roy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Mahlerpad, Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL:© cjvdijk · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 5032 PJ Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 3981 Bunnik, Netherlands:© djhiker · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
10. Sânpaad 12, De Westereen, Friesland, NL:© colaspa · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tipula lunata is a species of cranefly which is widespread throughout the Palaearctic.....

base stats

NL sightings 160iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,567iNaturalist 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 160 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #46 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
2,567 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).