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title: "Mittlere Keilfleckschwebfliege"
description: "Eristalis nemorum — Insekten & Spinnen. Eristalis nemorum is a species of hoverfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/orange-spined-drone-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mittlere Keilfleckschwebfliege

> Eristalis nemorum — Insekten & Spinnen. Eristalis nemorum is a species of hoverfly.

- Scientific name: *Eristalis nemorum*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8264
- Wikidata: [Q1760270](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1760270)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61847](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61847)

## Names

- en: Orange-spined Drone Fly
- de: Mittlere Keilfleckschwebfliege
- fr: Eristale interrompue

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1697), DE (995), FI (670), NL (515), FR (472), DK (471), CA (446), RU (356), LU (271), BE (240), SE (197), US (161)

## Summary

Eristalis nemorum is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Palearctic (Fennoscandia South to Iberia, the Balkans and Italy, Ireland eastwards through Central Europe into Turkey and Russia and on into the Russian Far East, Siberia and Japan) and in the Nearctic (Quebec south to Colorado).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis_nemorum

## Photo

![Mittlere Keilfleckschwebfliege](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-spined-drone-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146847616

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-spined-drone-fly?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).