#3789 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Marsh Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Kool-langpootmug ·Tipula oleracea
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
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- 4. © Steve King · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
Marsh Crane Fly ( Tipula oleracea) is a species of cranefly which is found throughout the Palaearctic and parts of the Nearctic.
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 208 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #38 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
- 15,146 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Marsh Crane Fly
- Nederlands
- Kool-langpootmug
- scientific name
- Tipula oleracea
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tipulidae
- sightings in NL
- 208
- sightings in Europe
- 1,394
- sightings worldwide
- 15,146
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,189
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Tipulidae
#3769 📷 10European Crane Fly
🇳🇱 Gazonlangpootmug
Tipula paludosa
👀 446 in NL
#3771 📷 7black-striped cranefly
🇳🇱 Lentelangpoot
Tipula vernalis
👀 386 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
#3831 📷 10Contrastwolkvleugel
Tipula confusa
👀 87 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 418147, Wikidata Q651615, GBIF 1506056, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.