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title: "Common European Scorpionfly"
description: "Panorpa communis — Insetos e aranhas. Panorpa communis, the common scorpionfly, is a species of scorpionfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-european-scorpionfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common European Scorpionfly

> Panorpa communis — Insetos e aranhas. Panorpa communis, the common scorpionfly, is a species of scorpionfly.

- Scientific name: *Panorpa communis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 14527
- Wikidata: [Q127008](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127008)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51699](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51699)

## Names

- en: Common European Scorpionfly
- de: Gemeine Skorpionsfliege
- es: Escorpión volador
- fr: Panorpe commune
- nl: Gewone schorpioenvlieg
- pl: Wojsiłka pospolita

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1813), GB (1639), FR (600), RU (573), AT (503), IT (467), NL (349), DK (321), PL (259), FI (223), CH (159), BE (140)

## Summary

Panorpa communis, the common scorpionfly, is a species of scorpionfly.

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

## Photo

![Common European Scorpionfly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-european-scorpionfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227761181

## Machine access

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