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Long-nosed Swamp Fly

Eurimyia stipata

The Long-nosed Swamp Fly is a small insect that loves to buzz around wetlands. With its long nose, it sips nectar from flowers and helps plants grow by spreading pollen.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Long-nosed Swamp Fly is a slender insect often sporting iridescent green or metallic blue body segments. It has notably large, reddish compound eyes and a distinctive, elongated proboscis that resembles a long 'nose'. Its delicate, clear wings are typically veined with brown or black.

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Long-nosed Swamp Fly
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Long-nosed Swamp Fly

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby swamp flies start their lives as wiggly, worm-like creatures in pond water!

Some swamp flies can glitter with metallic rainbow colors in bright sunlight!

Their 'nose' is actually a super-long tongue used for slurping up sweet nectar!

They can actually 'taste' with their feet, sensing sugars just by landing!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nectar Straw Tongue

Long-nosed Swamp Fly has an extra-long proboscis that helps them sip nectar from deep flowers like a tiny, flexible straw.

Fähigkeit

Wetland Acrobatics

Long-nosed Swamp Fly can expertly fly through dense swamp vegetation because of their agile wings, avoiding obstacles with ease.

Fähigkeit

Aquatic Childhood

Long-nosed Swamp Fly has larvae that live underwater, which helps them develop safely from many land-based predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-25 mm
Größe
8-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These flies sip nectar from flowers like a hummingbird and help plants make seeds!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae consume decaying organic matter and microorganisms in water, adults feed on nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • plant sap
  • pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Bullfrogs often snatch flying insects.

hunts

Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

Dragonflies are aerial predators of smaller flies.

pollinates

Fragrant Water Lily

Nymphaea odorata

The fly's long proboscis reaches deep nectar.

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Bats actively hunt flying insects at dusk.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These flies are harmless, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

8-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

15-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

12 km/h

Was frisst Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

These flies sip nectar from flowers like a hummingbird and help plants make seeds!

Wo findet man Long-nosed Swamp Fly normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Long-nosed Swamp Fly?

6

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