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!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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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Datos interesantes

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.

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 25-30 mm
Tamaño: 12-15 mm
Esperanza de vida: 15-40 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 20 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

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

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

Alimentos principales

Nectar
Pollen
Decaying plant matter
Microbial film

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

A rayas

Marcado con bandas paralelas o líneas de color.

Aéreo

Las criaturas aéreas pasan una parte importante de su vida en el aire, utilizando el vuelo para diversas actividades como la caza, la migración o la anidación.

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.