Orchidaceae
Fly orchid
Ophrys insectifera
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Ophrys
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- افريس
- arz
- اوفيرس انسيكتيفيرا
- Belarusian
- Офрыс насякоманосная
- Bulgarian
- Муховидна пчелица
- Czech
- Tořič hmyzonosný
- Danish
- Flueblomst
- Dutch
- Vliegenorchis
- English
- Fly orchid
- Estonian
- Kärbesõis
- Finnish
- Kimalaisorho
- German
- Fliegen-Ragwurz, Fliegenragwurz, Tořič hmyzonosný
- hsb
- Muchowa orchija
- Hungarian
- Légybangó
- Irish
- Magairlín na gcuileanna
- Italian
- Moscaria, Fior mosca
- Latvian
- Mušu ofrīda
- Lithuanian
- Musinis ofris
- Luxembourgish
- Mécken-Aperhoerorchidee
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flueblom, Flueblomst
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Flugeblom
- Polish
- Dwulistnik muszy
- Russian
- Офрис насекомоносная, Офрис насекомоносный
- Slovak
- Hmyzovník muchovitý
- Spanish
- Orquídea mosca, Epipactis myodes
- Swedish
- Flugblomster
- Ukrainian
- Комашник мухоносний, Офрис комахоносний, Офрис комахоносна
- Welsh
- Tegeirian y clêr
Synonyms
- Ophrys muscifera f. apiculata M.Schulze
- Orchis insectifera (L.) Crantz
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 1,602 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jan Herr, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guido Van Leuven, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benoit NABHOLZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sheelagh Halsey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.