Long-nosed Swamp Fly

Eurimyia stipata

The Long-nosed Swamp Fly is a small insect that loves to buzz around wetlands. With its long nose, it sips nectar from flowers and helps plants grow by spreading pollen.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Long-nosed Swamp Fly is a slender insect often sporting iridescent green or metallic blue body segments. It has notably large, reddish compound eyes and a distinctive, elongated proboscis that resembles a long 'nose'. Its delicate, clear wings are typically veined with brown or black.

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Long-nosed Swamp Fly

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Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Baby swamp flies start their lives as wiggly, worm-like creatures in pond water!

Some swamp flies can glitter with metallic rainbow colors in bright sunlight!

Their 'nose' is actually a super-long tongue used for slurping up sweet nectar!

They can actually 'taste' with their feet, sensing sugars just by landing!

Habilidades especiales

Long-nosed Swamp Fly has an extra-long proboscis that helps them sip nectar from deep flowers like a tiny, flexible straw.

Long-nosed Swamp Fly can expertly fly through dense swamp vegetation because of their agile wings, avoiding obstacles with ease.

Long-nosed Swamp Fly has larvae that live underwater, which helps them develop safely from many land-based predators.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 15-25 mm
Tamaño: 8-15 mm
Esperanza de vida: 15-30 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 12 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These flies sip nectar from flowers like a hummingbird and help plants make seeds!

Diferencias por edad: Larvae consume decaying organic matter and microorganisms in water, adults feed on nectar.

Alimentos principales

nectar
plant sap
pollen

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Bullfrogs often snatch flying insects.

hunts

Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

Dragonflies are aerial predators of smaller flies.

pollinates

Fragrant Water Lily

Nymphaea odorata

The fly's long proboscis reaches deep nectar.

eaten by

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

Bats actively hunt flying insects at dusk.

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.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.