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White-bowed Smoothwing

Scaeva affinis

The White-bowed Smoothwing is a friendly-looking fly with a bright, shiny body. It loves to buzz around flowers and helps plants by spreading pollen.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The White-bowed Smoothwing is a medium-sized hoverfly with a black body marked by distinctive arc-shaped yellow bands on its abdomen, creating a 'bow' pattern. Its head features large reddish-brown eyes, and it has clear, iridescent wings. This fly lacks the thin 'waist' of a wasp or bee, making it visually different despite its mimicry.

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White-bowed Smoothwing
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White-bowed Smoothwing

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its large eyes are made of thousands of tiny lenses for amazing all-around vision.

These harmless flies are often mistaken for stinging wasps or bees!

Wow, this little fly can actually fly backwards or even upside down!

Young White-bowed Smoothwings look like tiny, legless green slugs.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Master of Disguise

White-bowed Smoothwing has a yellow and black striped body that helps them look like a stinging bee, scaring away predators.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

White-bowed Smoothwing can hover perfectly still in the air because of its powerful wing muscles, letting them spot flowers or mates easily.

Fähigkeit

Aphid Muncher

Its larvae are incredible aphid predators, eating many tiny garden pests that helps protect plants and crops.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-25 mm
Größe
8-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen, while their young feast on tiny plant pests.

Altersunterschiede: Adults consume nectar and pollen; larvae are predatory, hunting aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • aphids
  • mealybugs
  • small soft-bodied insects

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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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 White-bowed Smoothwing?

18-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von White-bowed Smoothwing?

8-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von White-bowed Smoothwing?

15-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von White-bowed Smoothwing?

12 km/h

Was frisst White-bowed Smoothwing?

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen, while their young feast on tiny plant pests.

Wo findet man White-bowed Smoothwing normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt White-bowed Smoothwing?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von White-bowed Smoothwing?

6

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