Common Tachinid

Tachina fera

The Common Tachinid is a friendly fly that helps nature by eating pests. They have fuzzy bodies and can be found buzzing around gardens and fields.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Common Tachinid has a robust, bristly body, often grey or dark with pale stripes on its thorax and a distinct reddish-orange tip on its abdomen. It possesses prominent bristles all over its body, making it look much hairier and spikier than a typical housefly.

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Common Tachinid

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Many tachinid flies use a special tube called an ovipositor to lay eggs right inside their host!

Some tachinid flies can even drop their eggs on plants, hoping a host will eat them!

Their eggs are tiny, white, and often look like little grains of rice stuck on a host.

There are over 8,200 different kinds of tachinid flies all around the world!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Common Tachinid can lay its eggs directly onto or into other insects, ensuring its young have food.

Common Tachinid has stiff bristles covering its body that might help deter predators or navigate dense foliage.

Common Tachinid has a life cycle that helps control pest populations by parasitizing caterpillars.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 12-25 mm
Größe: 6-13 mm
Lebenserwartung: 14-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip nectar, but their young are tiny insect warriors that eat other insects from the inside!

Altersunterschiede: Adults drink flower nectar, but their larvae live inside and consume caterpillars or other insect larvae.

Hauptnahrung

Nectar
Caterpillars
Beetle Larvae

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Gypsy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Their larvae develop inside the moth caterpillars.

parasitizes

Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

The fly's larvae feed on the butterfly's caterpillars.

parasitizes

Cabbage Moth

Mamestra brassicae

A known host for the tachinid larvae to grow.

eaten by

Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Adult flies can become prey for these orb-weaving spiders.

Merkmale

Pelzig

Pelzig beschreibt Tiere, die eine dichte Schicht aus weichen Haaren oder Fell besitzen.

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Bestäubermagnet

Beschreibt Pflanzen, die für eine Vielzahl von bestäubenden Organismen besonders attraktiv und nützlich sind.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.