Hornet Mimic Hover Fly

base stats

• NL sightings 1,312iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 26,969iNaturalist 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 1,312 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #6 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
• 🌍26,969 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Hornet Mimic Hover Fly

Nederlands

Stadsreus

scientific name

Volucella zonaria

class

Insecta

order

Diptera

family

Syrphidae

sightings in NL

1,312

sightings in Europe

25,728

sightings worldwide

26,969

GBIF records in NL

60,689

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1761 by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus