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Cylindromyia bicolor

Cylindromyia bicolor is a colorful fly with bright yellow and black stripes. These little insects are often found buzzing around flowers, helping to pollinate them while they search for food.

Lebensraum: Gardens and meadows

Aussehen

The Cylindromyia bicolor is a slender fly, immediately recognizable by its dark, metallic blue head and thorax, contrasting sharply with a bright orange-red abdomen. Its long body and prominent wings make it distinct from common houseflies, often resembling a wasp or bee from a distance.

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Cylindromyia bicolor

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Cylindromyia bicolor helps farmers by controlling plant-eating pests.

Their babies grow inside other living insects like caterpillars!

These flies look like wasps, but they are completely harmless.

They belong to a huge family of flies with over 8,200 different kinds!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Cylindromyia bicolor can lay eggs on host insects because its larvae need to eat the host to grow, helping control pest populations.

Cylindromyia bicolor has a proboscis that helps them drink sweet nectar from flowers, giving them energy to fly.

Cylindromyia bicolor can fly quickly and maneuver expertly to escape predators and find host insects.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 10-15 mm
Größe: 7-10 mm
Lebenserwartung: 14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults drink flower nectar, while their larvae are tiny predators of other insects.

Altersunterschiede: Adults feed on nectar; larvae develop inside and consume other insects.

Hauptnahrung

Nectar
Caterpillars
Beetle larvae
Grasshoppers

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

parasitizes

Small White butterfly

Pieris rapae

Larvae develop inside their caterpillars.

pollinates

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Adults visit their flowers for nectar.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predators on flowers.

Merkmale

Gestreift

Gekennzeichnet durch parallele Farbstreifen oder -linien.

Sozial

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