#3929 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Zophomyia temula
Zophomyia temula
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Natuurterrein klarenbeek,1105 AA Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 De Riethoek, Unnamed Road, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Buitengebied Noordoost, Tilburg, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © djhiker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Palamarchuk Yuri · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Denys K. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Natuurterrein klarenbeek,1105 AA Amsterdam, Nederland:© Ron Rave · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. De Riethoek, Unnamed Road, Amsterdam, Nederland:© Ron Rave · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Buitengebied Noordoost, Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Zophomyia temula is a European species of fly in the family Tachinidae.
base stats
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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,302 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- scientific name
- Zophomyia temula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Tachinidae
- sightings in NL
- 28
- sightings in Europe
- 815
- sightings worldwide
- 1,302
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,003
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
relatives· Tachinidae
#3772 📷 8Common Tachinid
🇳🇱 Woeste sluipvlieg
Tachina fera
👀 362 in NL
#3798 📷 10Phasia aurigera
Phasia aurigera
👀 156 in NL
#3803 📷 10Red Spotted Parasite Fly
Eriothrix rufomaculata
👀 144 in NL
#3819 📷 10Mintho rufiventris
Mintho rufiventris
👀 103 in NL
#3830 📷 9Yellow-faced Fly
🇳🇱 Stekelsluipvlieg
Tachina grossa
👀 88 in NL
#3841 📷 8Wantssluipvlieg
Phasia hemiptera
👀 77 in NL
#3849 📷 10Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis
👀 64 in NL
#3855 📷 10Phania funesta
Phania funesta
👀 60 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 129109, Wikidata Q8074273, GBIF 1477126, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.