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Halfbands

Melangyna

Halfbands are small, buzzing insects that look like tiny bees. They are often found flying around flowers, helping to pollinate them while they search for sweet nectar.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Halfbands is a medium-sized fly with a robust body often marked with bright yellow and black stripes, making it visually similar to a wasp or bee. It has large, dark compound eyes and clear wings held outstretched when at rest.

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Halfbands
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Halfbands

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Despite looking like bees or wasps, Halfbands have no sting!

Halfbands can fly backward, which most other insects cannot do!

Their babies are tiny hunters that love to eat garden aphids.

They have giant eyes that help them see almost all around them.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Wasp Impersonator

Halfbands has a clever disguise with yellow and black stripes that helps them scare away predators by looking like a stinging wasp.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Halfbands can hover perfectly still in mid-air because of their rapid wingbeats, allowing them to precisely navigate flowers.

Fähigkeit

Master Pollinator

Halfbands can efficiently pollinate flowers because they visit many blooms for nectar, helping plants reproduce.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
10-25 mm
Größe
5-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult Halfbands sip nectar for energy and pollen for protein from flowers, helping plants grow!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are carnivores, voraciously eating aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • honeydew

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't try to catch or touch them; just watch them from a distance!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Halfbands?

10-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Halfbands?

5-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Halfbands?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Halfbands?

15 km/h

Was frisst Halfbands?

Adult Halfbands sip nectar for energy and pollen for protein from flowers, helping plants grow!

Wo findet man Halfbands normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Halfbands?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Halfbands?

6

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