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title: "Grote langlijf"
description: "Sphaerophoria scripta — Insecten en spinnen. Sphaerophoria scripta, the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-globetail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote langlijf

> Sphaerophoria scripta — Insecten en spinnen. Sphaerophoria scripta, the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.

- Scientific name: *Sphaerophoria scripta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 29883
- Wikidata: [Q1520915](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1520915)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52964](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52964)

## Names

- en: Common Globetail
- de: Gewöhnliche Langbauchschwebfliege
- es: Mosca Plumón
- fr: Sphaerophore notée
- nl: Grote langlijf

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3799), DE (3632), FR (3289), ES (2031), RU (1428), PT (1378), IT (1273), AT (1013), PL (771), DK (710), NL (568), FI (546)

## Summary

Sphaerophoria scripta, the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.

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

## Photo

![Grote langlijf](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-globetail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340311623

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-globetail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).