




Volucella pellucens
The Pellucid Hover Fly is a friendly insect that looks like a tiny bee but is harmless. It loves to fly around flowers and helps plants by spreading pollen.
Habitat: Urban areas
The Pellucid Hover Fly is a large, strikingly marked fly with a glossy black body and a broad, translucent white or yellowish band across its abdomen. Its wings have a distinctive dark, smoky patch near the front, making it visually different from many other hoverflies.





Category
InsectsRarity
Common
Danger
1/5 · Very low
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Baby Pellucid Hover Flies act as secret clean-up crews inside the nests of wasps!
Pellucid Hover Flies can fly backwards and sideways with incredible speed and control!
Their name "pellucid" means clear or see-through, referring to a bright band on their body!
These flies have huge, compound eyes that wrap around their heads for amazing vision!
Pellucid Hover Fly can hang perfectly still in the air because of its rapid wing beats, which helps them scout for flowers or mates.
Pellucid Hover Fly has larvae that can live hidden inside wasp and bumblebee nests, helping them grow safely and secretly.
Pellucid Hover Fly has a black and white striped body that helps them look like a stinging wasp or bee to scare away predators.
Pellucid Hover Fly can drink nectar and collect pollen from many flowers, helping plants make new seeds.
Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while larvae are messy eaters in social insect nests.
Age differences: Yes, adults feed on nectar and pollen, while larvae consume detritus and sometimes host larvae within social insect nests.
Vespula vulgaris
Larvae grow in their nests.
Bombus terrestris
Larvae also develop in their nests.

Heracleum sphondylium
Adults visit its flowers for food.
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Parus major
Adults can be food for birds.
Social animals live in organized groups, cooperating for survival benefits such as foraging, defense, and raising offspring.
This trait characterizes organisms whose diet consists entirely or primarily of plant material.
Describes plants that are particularly attractive and beneficial to a wide range of pollinating organisms.
Diurnal animals are primarily active during daylight hours, typically resting or sleeping at night.
Pertaining to species that are significantly smaller than typical or average for their kind.
This habitat trait indicates species that can coexist with humans in urban and suburban environments, utilizing man-made structures and green spaces.
Describes organisms that transfer pollen, enabling the fertilization and reproduction of plants.
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Danger
1/5 · Very low
Don't touch insects, but it's fun to watch them fly around!
24-32 mm
12-16 mm
14-28 days
10-20 km/h
Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while larvae are messy eaters in social insect nests.
Urban areas
Foraging
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