#3814 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Tooth-thighed Hoverfly

🇳🇱 Moeraszweefvlieg ·Tropidia scita

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Frans · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Nils-Uno Svensson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ryszard Orzechowski · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Alkmaar, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 9742 BK Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Slagdijk, Havelte, Drenthe, NL:© marcangel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Rotterdam Rechter Maasoever, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. 9747 Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 6708 Wageningen, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tropidia scita is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds and ditches The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha .

base stats

NL sightings 113iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,250iNaturalist 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).