#3771 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

black-striped cranefly

🇳🇱 Lentelangpoot ·Tipula vernalis

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Tipula vernalis is a species of cranefly found in the West Palaearctic.

base stats

NL sightings 386iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,911iNaturalist 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 386 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #20 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
5,911 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1804 (222 years ago).