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Common Globetail

Sphaerophoria scripta

The Common Globetail is a small, friendly insect that loves to fly around flowers. Its bright colors and unique shape make it easy to spot in gardens and fields.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Common Globetail is a slender hoverfly with a distinctive long, tapering abdomen marked with bright yellow and black stripes. It has large reddish-brown eyes and clear, delicate wings. Its coloration mimics a wasp, making it visually distinct from most other flies.

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Common Globetail
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Common Globetail

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Globetails, called larvae, don't have legs and look like tiny, hungry slugs!

Even though they look like stinging wasps, Common Globetails cannot sting at all!

Some Globetail females can lay up to 800 tiny eggs during their short adult life!

They taste food with their feet and use their antennae to smell for tasty nectar!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hover Master

Common Globetail can hover perfectly still in the air because of its agile wing movements, which helps them search for flowers or mates.

Fähigkeit

Disguise Artist

Common Globetail has a bright yellow and black striped body that helps them look like a stinging wasp, scaring away predators.

Fähigkeit

Pest Patrol (Larva)

Common Globetail larvae can eat hundreds of aphids because of their predatory nature, which helps protect plants from pests.

Fähigkeit

Flower Friend

Common Globetail can transfer pollen between flowers because it feeds on nectar, helping plants reproduce and grow.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-25 mm
Größe
7-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
5-10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults drink nectar and eat pollen; larvae feast on aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are predatory, eating aphids; adults consume nectar and pollen from flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Aphids
  • Scale insects
  • Small caterpillars

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

Larvae consume this common garden pest.

pollinates

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Adults visit this flower for nectar and pollen.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Adults and larvae can become food for insectivorous birds.

eaten by

European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Adults may get caught in spider webs.

parasitizes

Ichneumonid Wasp

Diplazon laetatorius

Larvae are hosts for parasitic wasp eggs.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These insects are safe to watch, but don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Globetail?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Common Globetail?

7-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Globetail?

10-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Common Globetail?

5-10 km/h

Was frisst Common Globetail?

Adults drink nectar and eat pollen; larvae feast on aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects.

Wo findet man Common Globetail normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Common Globetail?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Common Globetail?

6

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