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Pellucid Hover Fly

Volucella pellucens

The Pellucid Hover Fly is a friendly insect that looks like a tiny bee but is harmless. It loves to fly around flowers and helps plants by spreading pollen.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Pellucid Hover Fly is a large, strikingly marked fly with a glossy black body and a broad, translucent white or yellowish band across its abdomen. Its wings have a distinctive dark, smoky patch near the front, making it visually different from many other hoverflies.

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Pellucid Hover Fly
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Pellucid Hover Fly

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby Pellucid Hover Flies act as secret clean-up crews inside the nests of wasps!

Pellucid Hover Flies can fly backwards and sideways with incredible speed and control!

Their name "pellucid" means clear or see-through, referring to a bright band on their body!

These flies have huge, compound eyes that wrap around their heads for amazing vision!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Artist

Pellucid Hover Fly can hang perfectly still in the air because of its rapid wing beats, which helps them scout for flowers or mates.

Fähigkeit

Host Haven Dweller

Pellucid Hover Fly has larvae that can live hidden inside wasp and bumblebee nests, helping them grow safely and secretly.

Fähigkeit

Disguise Master

Pellucid Hover Fly has a black and white striped body that helps them look like a stinging wasp or bee to scare away predators.

Fähigkeit

Flower Power

Pellucid Hover Fly can drink nectar and collect pollen from many flowers, helping plants make new seeds.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
24-32 mm
Größe
12-16 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10-20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while larvae are messy eaters in social insect nests.

Altersunterschiede: Yes, adults feed on nectar and pollen, while larvae consume detritus and sometimes host larvae within social insect nests.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Nest detritus
  • Wasp larvae
  • Bumblebee larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Common Wasp

Vespula vulgaris

Larvae grow in their nests.

depends on

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Larvae also develop in their nests.

pollinates

Hogweed

Heracleum sphondylium

Adults visit its flowers for food.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Adults can be food for birds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch insects, but it's fun to watch them fly around!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Pellucid Hover Fly?

24-32 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Pellucid Hover Fly?

12-16 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Pellucid Hover Fly?

14-28 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Pellucid Hover Fly?

10-20 km/h

Was frisst Pellucid Hover Fly?

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while larvae are messy eaters in social insect nests.

Wo findet man Pellucid Hover Fly normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Pellucid Hover Fly?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Pellucid Hover Fly?

6

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