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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly

Eristalis stipator

The Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly is a friendly insect that looks a bit like a bee! It helps flowers grow by spreading pollen while it visits them for food.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly is a fuzzy, medium-sized insect with a bee-like appearance, sporting distinctive yellow patches on the sides of its black-haired thorax, resembling 'shoulders'. Its abdomen is banded with alternating yellow and black stripes, and it has large, reddish-brown eyes that nearly meet on top of its head, characteristic of many hoverflies.

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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Even though it looks like a bee, this clever fly only has two wings, while real bees have four!

Its babies, called 'rat-tailed maggots,' can live in very murky, polluted water using their long snorkel tail!

Scientists use drone flies to study how real bees pollinate plants because they visit similar flowers.

Their giant eyes let them see almost every direction at once, making them incredibly difficult to sneak up on!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Master of Disguise

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flies have a black and yellow fuzzy body that helps them mimic bees or wasps, scaring away predators.

Fähigkeit

Airbender Agility

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flies can hover perfectly still in the air and change direction instantly, making them hard to catch.

Fähigkeit

Aquatic Snorkel

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly larvae have a long, retractable 'tail' that helps them breathe air while underwater.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-28 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-45 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while their larvae munch on decaying stuff in water.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae filter-feed on decaying organic matter in water, while adults feed on nectar and pollen from flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • decaying organic matter
  • algae

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Adult flies visit and pollinate its flowers.

pollinates

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Flies collect nectar and pollen from its blooms.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Adult flies can be prey for insectivorous birds.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Spiders ambush flies visiting flowers.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch insects without asking an adult, but you can watch them from a distance!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

18-28 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

20-45 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

15 km/h

Was frisst Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while their larvae munch on decaying stuff in water.

Wo findet man Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly?

6

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