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Hottentottenvilla

Villa hottentotta

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Hottentottenvilla, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De hottentottenvilla ( Villa hottentotta ) is een vliegensoort uit de familie van de wolzwevers (Bombyliidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1758 door Linnaeus.

base stats

  • NL sightings 31iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,602iNaturalist 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 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,602 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Hottentottenvilla
scientific name
Villa hottentotta
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Bombyliidae
sightings in NL
31
sightings in Europe
1,856
sightings worldwide
5,602
GBIF records in NL
1,388
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Bombyliidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 469219, Wikidata Q1493579, GBIF 1671676, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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