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Northern Plushback

Palpada vinetorum

The Northern Plushback is a fuzzy little fly that loves to hang out in gardens and fields. Its soft, plushy body helps it blend in with flowers and plants, making it a fun insect to spot!

Lebensraum: Gardens and fields

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The Northern Plushback is a medium-sized fly with a fuzzy, bee-like body striped in bright yellow and black. Its clear wings are held out to the sides while resting. This distinct coloration makes it visually different from other flies, mimicking stinging insects.

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Northern Plushback
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Northern Plushback

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Even though it looks like a bee, this fly cannot sting you!

Its larvae sometimes eat tiny garden pests like aphids!

Some hoverfly larvae live in water and breathe through a 'snorkel'!

They can fly backwards, which is super rare for an insect!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hovering Master

Northern Plushback can hover perfectly still in the air because of its rapid wing beats, helping them spot flowers or mates.

Fähigkeit

Disguise Expert

Northern Plushback has a fuzzy yellow and black striped body that helps them look like a stinging bee or wasp, scaring predators away.

Fähigkeit

Pollen Power

Northern Plushback can transfer pollen between flowers on its fuzzy body, helping plants reproduce and creating food for other creatures.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-28 mm
Größe
10-14 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult Northern Plushbacks drink flower nectar and eat pollen for energy.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are often detritivores, eating decaying plant matter, or predators, eating aphids.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

Larval Northern Plushbacks feast on these garden pests.

pollinates

New England aster

Aster novae-angliae

Adults transfer pollen between its beautiful purple flowers.

eaten by

Flower crab spider

Misumena vatia

This ambush spider sometimes preys on adults visiting flowers.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These flies are friendly and won't hurt you, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Northern Plushback?

18-28 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Northern Plushback?

10-14 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Northern Plushback?

15-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Northern Plushback?

15 km/h

Was frisst Northern Plushback?

Adult Northern Plushbacks drink flower nectar and eat pollen for energy.

Wo findet man Northern Plushback normalerweise?

Gardens and fields

Wie jagt Northern Plushback?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Northern Plushback?

6

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