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Common Snakeflies

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Common Snakeflies are fascinating insects that look like they are flying with a snake! They have long bodies and can be found in gardens and forests, where they help control pests.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Common Snakeflies has a slender, dark brown body with two pairs of clear, veined wings often held roof-like over its back. Its most distinctive feature is a long, flexible neck, which allows its triangular head to be held aloft, resembling a tiny snake.

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Common Snakeflies
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Common Snakeflies

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Even as adults, snakeflies are fierce hunters, eating aphids and other tiny bugs!

Female snakeflies have a long ovipositor, like a tiny sword, to lay eggs in crevices!

Some snakefly larvae live for years hidden under tree bark before becoming adults!

These ancient insects have changed little in 200 million years, they're living fossils!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Head Swivel

Common Snakeflies can swiftly pivot their triangular heads because of a flexible neck that helps them spot prey without moving their body.

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Cloak

Common Snakeflies has a mottled brown or green coloration that helps them blend perfectly with tree bark and foliage, avoiding predators.

Fähigkeit

Subterranean Hunter

Common Snakeflies larvae can live hidden under bark for years, helping them ambush small insects in tight, dark spaces.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-25 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
365-1095 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
2-5 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These agile hunters feast on small insects and mites, helping control garden pests.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae and adults both hunt small arthropods, but larvae prefer pests found under tree bark.

Hauptnahrung

  • Aphids
  • Small caterpillars
  • Mites
  • Psocids
  • Insect eggs

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Cotton Aphid

Aphis gossypii

a common prey item

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

a regular bird predator

eaten by

Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

caught in spider webs

shelters

White Oak

Quercus alba

larvae live under bark

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to watch snakeflies from a distance. They are harmless and just want to catch their food.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

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

15-25 mm

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

10-15 mm

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

365-1095 Tage

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

2-5 km/h

Was frisst Common Snakeflies?

These agile hunters feast on small insects and mites, helping control garden pests.

Wo findet man Common Snakeflies normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Common Snakeflies?

Ambush

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

6

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