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Greater Bee Fly

Bombylius major

The Greater Bee Fly is a fuzzy little insect that looks like a bee! It loves to visit flowers and sip sweet nectar, helping plants grow while it feeds.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Greater Bee Fly is a fuzzy, stout-bodied fly that strongly resembles a bumblebee with brown and yellowish hairs. It has a distinctive long, slender proboscis and clear wings with a prominent dark brown patch near the front edge. Its powerful flight allows it to hover gracefully.

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Greater Bee Fly
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Greater Bee Fly

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Baby bee flies are carnivores and eat other insect larvae!

Despite looking like a bee, this fluffy insect cannot sting you!

It sometimes flies backwards, which is super rare for an insect!

They are great at pollinating many different types of wildflowers.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hovering Master

Greater Bee Flies can hover perfectly still in mid-air, like a tiny helicopter, that helps them precisely sip nectar from flowers.

Fähigkeit

Disguise Artist

This fly mimics furry bees to trick predators into thinking it can sting, which helps it stay safe while foraging.

Fähigkeit

Long Snorkeler

Greater Bee Flies have an extra-long proboscis (tongue) that helps them reach sweet nectar deep inside tubular flowers.

Fähigkeit

Sneaky Nursery

Female bee flies lay eggs near the nests of ground-nesting bees, where their larvae can secretly grow by eating the bee larvae.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-25 mm
Größe
10-14 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults drink sweet nectar from flowers, while their tiny larvae secretly snack on other insects.

Altersunterschiede: Adults feed on nectar and pollen; larvae are parasitoids, feeding on the larvae of solitary bees and wasps.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Wood Anemone

Anemone nemorosa

Adults visit flowers for nectar and pollen.

parasitizes

Ashy Mining Bee

Andrena scotica

Bee fly larvae feed on mining bee larvae in their nests.

parasitizes

Red Mason Bee

Osmia bicornis

Larvae also develop by consuming mason bee larvae.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Bee Fly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Bee flies are friendly and won't sting, but it's always good to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Greater Bee Fly?

18-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Greater Bee Fly?

10-14 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Greater Bee Fly?

20-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Greater Bee Fly?

15 km/h

Was frisst Greater Bee Fly?

Adults drink sweet nectar from flowers, while their tiny larvae secretly snack on other insects.

Wo findet man Greater Bee Fly normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Greater Bee Fly?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Greater Bee Fly?

6

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