#3940 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Eastern Calligrapher

Toxomerus geminatus

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © raviner · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
6. © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
7. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Gary Yankech · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Toxomerus geminatus , is a species of flower fly found from eastern Canada south to Texas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 46,193iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
46,193 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).