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Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly

Sericomyia silentis

The Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly is a special insect that loves to buzz around flowers. It has bright yellow stripes and looks like a tiny helicopter as it hovers in the air!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly is a large, chunky hoverfly with a dense covering of black hairs on its body. It has distinctive broad, bright yellow bands across its dark abdomen, creating a striking contrast. Its large, reddish-brown eyes are prominent on its face.

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Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly
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Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adults love to sip sweet flower nectar, while their young munch on decaying plants!

Even though it looks like a bumblebee, this fly cannot sting you at all!

Its larvae, called 'rat-tailed maggots', live in murky water with a long breathing tube!

These amazing insects can fly both forwards and backwards in the air.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Wasp Impersonator

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly has yellow and black patterns that help them scare predators by looking like a stinging wasp.

Fähigkeit

Hovering Master

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly can hover perfectly still in mid-air because of its agile wings that allow precise flight control.

Fähigkeit

Nature's Recycler

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly larvae can break down decaying plant matter because of their special diet in wetland environments.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-30 mm
Größe
12-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-40 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults drink flower nectar, while their larvae are detritivores, eating decaying plant matter.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat decaying plants in water, but adults feed on flower nectar and pollen.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Decaying plant matter
  • Microbial film

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Heather

Calluna vulgaris

Adults collect nectar from its purple flowers.

pollinates

Cross-leaved Heath

Erica tetralix

They help these bog plants reproduce.

eaten by

European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Can become prey for orb-weaving spiders.

depends on

Red Bog-moss

Sphagnum capillifolium

Its larvae thrive in decaying moss in peat bogs.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Hover flies are friendly and won't hurt you. Just watch them from a distance!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

25-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

12-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

15-40 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

20 km/h

Was frisst Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

Adults drink flower nectar, while their larvae are detritivores, eating decaying plant matter.

Wo findet man Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly?

6

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