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Common Tachinid

Tachina fera

The Common Tachinid is a friendly fly that helps nature by eating pests. They have fuzzy bodies and can be found buzzing around gardens and fields.

生息地: Grasslands

外見

The Common Tachinid has a robust, bristly body, often grey or dark with pale stripes on its thorax and a distinct reddish-orange tip on its abdomen. It possesses prominent bristles all over its body, making it look much hairier and spikier than a typical housefly.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraTachinidaeTachina
Common Tachinid
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Common Tachinid

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

Many tachinid flies use a special tube called an ovipositor to lay eggs right inside their host!

Some tachinid flies can even drop their eggs on plants, hoping a host will eat them!

Their eggs are tiny, white, and often look like little grains of rice stuck on a host.

There are over 8,200 different kinds of tachinid flies all around the world!

特殊能力

能力

Host Hunter

Common Tachinid can lay its eggs directly onto or into other insects, ensuring its young have food.

能力

Bristle Armor

Common Tachinid has stiff bristles covering its body that might help deter predators or navigate dense foliage.

能力

Parasitic Power

Common Tachinid has a life cycle that helps control pest populations by parasitizing caterpillars.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
12-25 mm
サイズ
6-13 mm
寿命
14-30 日
飛行速度
15 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adults sip nectar, but their young are tiny insect warriors that eat other insects from the inside!

年齢による違い: Adults drink flower nectar, but their larvae live inside and consume caterpillars or other insect larvae.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Caterpillars
  • Beetle Larvae

生態系とのつながり

parasitizes

Gypsy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Their larvae develop inside the moth caterpillars.

parasitizes

Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

The fly's larvae feed on the butterfly's caterpillars.

parasitizes

Cabbage Moth

Mamestra brassicae

A known host for the tachinid larvae to grow.

eaten by

Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Adult flies can become prey for these orb-weaving spiders.

特徴

別名

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コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Don't touch flies, but enjoy watching them from a distance!

よくある質問

Common Tachinidの翼開長は何ですか?

12-25 mm

Common Tachinidのサイズは何ですか?

6-13 mm

Common Tachinidの寿命は何ですか?

14-30 日

Common Tachinidの飛行速度は何ですか?

15 km/h

Common Tachinidは何を食べますか?

Adults sip nectar, but their young are tiny insect warriors that eat other insects from the inside!

Common Tachinidは通常どこに生息していますか?

Grasslands

Common Tachinidの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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