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Common Flower Flies

Syrphus

Common Flower Flies are friendly little insects that look like bees but are not. They love to visit flowers and help plants by spreading pollen while they sip nectar.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Common Flower Flies has a distinctive yellow and black striped abdomen, mimicking a bee or wasp. They possess a broad head with large compound eyes and short, stubby antennae, but unlike bees, they only have two wings.

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Common Flower Flies
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Common Flower Flies

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A flower fly's huge eyes help them spot food and mates with amazing speed!

Some flower fly larvae eat hundreds of aphids in their lifetime!

They steer using tiny vibrating organs called halteres, not their back wings!

While they look like bees, flower flies cannot sting or bite people!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Common Flower Flies can hover perfectly still in mid-air because of their unique wing structure that helps them quickly change direction.

Fähigkeit

Bug Disguise

Common Flower Flies has a striped pattern and buzzing sound that helps them fool predators into thinking they are dangerous bees or wasps.

Fähigkeit

Pest Patrol

Common Flower Flies larvae can devour hundreds of aphids because of their insatiable appetite that helps control garden pests.

Fähigkeit

Flower Helper

Common Flower Flies can spread pollen between plants because they visit many flowers, helping them grow and produce seeds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
10-15 mm
Größe
7-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-50 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar and pollen; larvae gobble up garden pests like aphids!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are predatory insectivores, devouring soft-bodied pests. Adults feed solely on nectar and pollen.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Aphids
  • Mealybugs
  • Small caterpillars

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

French Rose

Rosa gallica

Visits flowers for nectar and pollen.

eats

Black Bean Aphid

Aphis fabae

Larvae feast on these common garden pests.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Common bird predators catch adult flies.

eaten by

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predators on flowers.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Flower flies are safe to watch and won't sting you, but it's best to observe them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Flower Flies?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Common Flower Flies?

7-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Flower Flies?

20-50 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Common Flower Flies?

15 km/h

Was frisst Common Flower Flies?

Adults sip nectar and pollen; larvae gobble up garden pests like aphids!

Wo findet man Common Flower Flies normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Common Flower Flies?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Common Flower Flies?

6

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