#3804 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
kite-tailed robberfly
🇳🇱 Gewone roofvlieg ·Tolmerus atricapillus
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Margraten, Netherlands
📍 Noord-Brabant, NL
📍 6816 VD Arnhem, Netherlands
📍 Oirschot, Netherlands
📍 Enschede-Noord, Enschede, Nederland
📍 3701 BM Zeist, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Михаил Соколов · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © orewoet · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Margraten, Netherlands:© Remco Hofland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
- 7. 6816 VD Arnhem, Netherlands:© Adam Leigh · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Oirschot, Netherlands:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Enschede-Noord, Enschede, Nederland:© Bas van Hulst-Kuiper · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 3701 BM Zeist, Netherlands:© Michiel de Groot · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Machimus atricapillus is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae....
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 138 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,037 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- kite-tailed robberfly
- Nederlands
- Gewone roofvlieg
- scientific name
- Tolmerus atricapillus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Asilidae
- sightings in NL
- 138
- sightings in Europe
- 1,832
- sightings worldwide
- 7,037
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Asilidae
#3776 📷 10Stripe-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Gewone bladjager
Dioctria hyalipennis
👀 298 in NL
#3779 📷 10Common Awl Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosrandroofvlieg
Neoitamus cyanurus
👀 242 in NL
#3800 📷 10Dune Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Zandroofvlieg
Philonicus albiceps
👀 148 in NL
#3820 📷 10Roodbaardroofvlieg
Eutolmus rufibarbis
👀 99 in NL
#3826 📷 10bumblebee robberfly
🇳🇱 Gele hommelroofvlieg
Laphria flava
👀 90 in NL
#3835 📷 10fan-bristled robberfly
🇳🇱 Borstelroofvlieg
Dysmachus trigonus
👀 85 in NL
#3844 📷 7Hornet Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Hoornaarroofvlieg
Asilus crabroniformis
👀 70 in NL
#3864 📷 10Small Yellow-legged Robber Fly
🇳🇱 Bosgeelvlekbladjager
Dioctria linearis
👀 50 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 505623, Wikidata Q4051554, GBIF 8081021, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.