#3939 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Margined Calligrapher

Toxomerus marginatus

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Denis Doucet · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Thilina Hettiarachchi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © doug_e · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
6. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
7. © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Justin Williams · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Toxomerus marginatus , is a common species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 77,886iNaturalist 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.
77,886 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).