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Dance Flies

Empididae

Dance flies are fun little insects that love to dance in the air! They have long legs and can be seen flitting around flowers and plants, making them look like they are having a party.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Dance Flies typically have slender bodies, long legs, and large, prominent eyes that often meet at the top of their heads. Their coloring ranges from drab browns and grays to metallic greens or black, with some species displaying distinct markings or fuzzy leg ornaments, making them visually unique among common flies.

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Dance Flies
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Dance Flies

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Males sometimes offer empty silk 'gifts' to trick females into mating!

Some dance flies wear fluffy leg decorations just to impress their partners!

These tiny acrobats can stop in mid-air and hover perfectly still!

They are ancient aerial predators, hunting other insects for millions of years!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Hunter

Dance Flies can catch other flying insects in mid-air because of their exceptional agility and sharp eyesight.

Fähigkeit

Nuptial Gift Giver

Males can offer silk-wrapped 'gifts' (often prey) to females, which helps them secure a mate.

Fähigkeit

Swarm Dancer

Dance Flies perform complex aerial dances in swarms that help them find mates and confuse predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
4-30 mm
Größe
2-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-45 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Dance Flies are insectivores, mostly preying on other small insects they catch in flight.

Hauptnahrung

  • midges
  • mosquitoes
  • aphids
  • small flies
  • nectar

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

non-biting midge

Chironomus plumosus

Many dance fly species actively prey on adult midges.

hunts

yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Dance flies help control mosquito populations by catching them.

eaten by

garden spider

Araneus diadematus

Dance flies can become entangled in spider webs and eaten.

eaten by

great tit

Parus major

Small birds, like tits, often feed on various flying insects.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Dance flies are harmless, so you can watch them without worry!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Dance Flies?

4-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Dance Flies?

2-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Dance Flies?

15-45 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Dance Flies?

10 km/h

Was frisst Dance Flies?

Dance Flies are insectivores, mostly preying on other small insects they catch in flight.

Wo findet man Dance Flies normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Dance Flies?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Dance Flies?

6

Snap-Karte

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