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Common Globetail

Sphaerophoria scripta

The Common Globetail is a small, friendly insect that loves to fly around flowers. Its bright colors and unique shape make it easy to spot in gardens and fields.

生息地: Urban areas

外見

The Common Globetail is a slender hoverfly with a distinctive long, tapering abdomen marked with bright yellow and black stripes. It has large reddish-brown eyes and clear, delicate wings. Its coloration mimics a wasp, making it visually distinct from most other flies.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraSyrphidaeSphaerophoria
Common Globetail
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Common Globetail

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Baby Globetails, called larvae, don't have legs and look like tiny, hungry slugs!

Even though they look like stinging wasps, Common Globetails cannot sting at all!

Some Globetail females can lay up to 800 tiny eggs during their short adult life!

They taste food with their feet and use their antennae to smell for tasty nectar!

特殊能力

能力

Hover Master

Common Globetail can hover perfectly still in the air because of its agile wing movements, which helps them search for flowers or mates.

能力

Disguise Artist

Common Globetail has a bright yellow and black striped body that helps them look like a stinging wasp, scaring away predators.

能力

Pest Patrol (Larva)

Common Globetail larvae can eat hundreds of aphids because of their predatory nature, which helps protect plants from pests.

能力

Flower Friend

Common Globetail can transfer pollen between flowers because it feeds on nectar, helping plants reproduce and grow.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
15-25 mm
サイズ
7-12 mm
寿命
10-30 日
飛行速度
5-10 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adults drink nectar and eat pollen; larvae feast on aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects.

年齢による違い: Larvae are predatory, eating aphids; adults consume nectar and pollen from flowers.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Aphids
  • Scale insects
  • Small caterpillars

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

eats

Cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

Larvae consume this common garden pest.

pollinates

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Adults visit this flower for nectar and pollen.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Adults and larvae can become food for insectivorous birds.

eaten by

European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Adults may get caught in spider webs.

parasitizes

Ichneumonid Wasp

Diplazon laetatorius

Larvae are hosts for parasitic wasp eggs.

特徴

別名

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安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

These insects are safe to watch, but don't try to catch them.

よくある質問

Common Globetailの翼開長は何ですか?

15-25 mm

Common Globetailのサイズは何ですか?

7-12 mm

Common Globetailの寿命は何ですか?

10-30 日

Common Globetailの飛行速度は何ですか?

5-10 km/h

Common Globetailは何を食べますか?

Adults drink nectar and eat pollen; larvae feast on aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects.

Common Globetailは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas

Common Globetailはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Common Globetailの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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