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Exoprosopa fasciata

The Exoprosopa fasciata is a special kind of fly with beautiful stripes! They are often found buzzing around flowers, helping to pollinate them.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Exoprosopa fasciata is a fuzzy, stout-bodied fly, often mimicking a bee. It has distinctive clear wings marked with bold, dark brown or black bands. Its body is typically covered in yellow-brown or reddish-brown hairs, giving it a soft, plump appearance.

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Exoprosopa fasciata

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Habilidades especiales

Exoprosopa fasciata has a furry body and striped wings that helps them look like a bee or wasp, tricking predators into leaving them alone.

Exoprosopa fasciata can flick its eggs with incredible accuracy, 'shooting' them into cracks near host insect nests for its larvae to find.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 18-35 mm
Tamaño: 8-16 mm
Esperanza de vida: 20-60 días
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults sip nectar for energy, while their larvae secretly feast on other insect larvae!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae are internal parasites of other insects, while adults feed on flower nectar and pollen.

Alimentos principales

flower nectar
pollen
bee larvae
wasp larvae
grasshopper eggs

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

parasitizes

Alfalfa leafcutter bee

Megachile rotundata

Larvae develop inside and consume its developing young.

parasitizes

Great golden digger wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus

Lays eggs near its nest to prey on developing larvae.

pollinates

Common sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Adults visit flowers, transferring pollen as they feed on nectar.

parasitizes

American bird grasshopper

Schistocerca americana

Some larvae feed on its eggs laid in the ground.

Rasgos

A rayas

Marcado con bandas paralelas o líneas de color.

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.