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title: "Orange-belted Leafwalker"
description: "Xylota segnis — Insecten en spinnen. Xylota segnis, the brown-toed forest fly, is a common species of hoverfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/orange-belted-leafwalker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-belted Leafwalker

> Xylota segnis — Insecten en spinnen. Xylota segnis, the brown-toed forest fly, is a common species of hoverfly.

- Scientific name: *Xylota segnis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 7852
- Wikidata: [Q1576886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1576886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [462191](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/462191)

## Names

- en: Orange-belted Leafwalker
- de: Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege
- fr: Xylote indolente

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2368), DE (964), FR (442), DK (397), AT (370), NL (318), RU (203), PL (190), FI (186), LU (138), BE (137), SE (136)

## Summary

Xylota segnis, the brown-toed forest fly, is a common species of hoverfly.

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

## Photo

![Orange-belted Leafwalker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-belted-leafwalker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ross Mounce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120543760

## Machine access

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