Common Flower Flies

Syrphus

Common Flower Flies are friendly little insects that look like bees but are not. They love to visit flowers and help plants by spreading pollen while they sip nectar.

Hábitat: Urban areas

Aspecto

The Common Flower Flies has a distinctive yellow and black striped abdomen, mimicking a bee or wasp. They possess a broad head with large compound eyes and short, stubby antennae, but unlike bees, they only have two wings.

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Common Flower Flies

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

A flower fly's huge eyes help them spot food and mates with amazing speed!

Some flower fly larvae eat hundreds of aphids in their lifetime!

They steer using tiny vibrating organs called halteres, not their back wings!

While they look like bees, flower flies cannot sting or bite people!

Habilidades especiales

Common Flower Flies can hover perfectly still in mid-air because of their unique wing structure that helps them quickly change direction.

Common Flower Flies has a striped pattern and buzzing sound that helps them fool predators into thinking they are dangerous bees or wasps.

Common Flower Flies larvae can devour hundreds of aphids because of their insatiable appetite that helps control garden pests.

Common Flower Flies can spread pollen between plants because they visit many flowers, helping them grow and produce seeds.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 10-15 mm
Tamaño: 7-12 mm
Esperanza de vida: 20-50 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults sip nectar and pollen; larvae gobble up garden pests like aphids!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae are predatory insectivores, devouring soft-bodied pests. Adults feed solely on nectar and pollen.

Alimentos principales

Nectar
Pollen
Aphids
Mealybugs
Small caterpillars

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

French Rose

Rosa gallica

Visits flowers for nectar and pollen.

eats

Black Bean Aphid

Aphis fabae

Larvae feast on these common garden pests.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Common bird predators catch adult flies.

eaten by

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predators on flowers.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Herbívoro

Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Diurno

Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.

Especie clave

Describe una especie cuya presencia y papel tienen un efecto desproporcionadamente grande en su entorno.

Miniatura

Relativo a especies que son significativamente más pequeñas que lo típico o promedio de su tipo.

Adaptado a la ciudad

Esta característica de hábitat indica especies que pueden coexistir con los humanos en entornos urbanos y suburbanos, utilizando estructuras artificiales y espacios verdes.