探検昆虫

Pellucid Hover Fly

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.

生息地: Urban areas

外見

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.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraSyrphidaeVolucella
Pellucid Hover Fly
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Pellucid Hover Fly

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 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!

特殊能力

能力

Aerial Artist

Pellucid Hover Fly can hang perfectly still in the air because of its rapid wing beats, which helps them scout for flowers or mates.

能力

Host Haven Dweller

Pellucid Hover Fly has larvae that can live hidden inside wasp and bumblebee nests, helping them grow safely and secretly.

能力

Disguise Master

Pellucid Hover Fly has a black and white striped body that helps them look like a stinging wasp or bee to scare away predators.

能力

Flower Power

Pellucid Hover Fly can drink nectar and collect pollen from many flowers, helping plants make new seeds.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
24-32 mm
サイズ
12-16 mm
寿命
14-28 日
飛行速度
10-20 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while larvae are messy eaters in social insect nests.

年齢による違い: Yes, adults feed on nectar and pollen, while larvae consume detritus and sometimes host larvae within social insect nests.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Nest detritus
  • Wasp larvae
  • Bumblebee larvae

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

depends on

Common Wasp

Vespula vulgaris

Larvae grow in their nests.

depends on

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Larvae also develop in their nests.

pollinates

Hogweed

Heracleum sphondylium

Adults visit its flowers for food.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Adults can be food for birds.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Don't touch insects, but it's fun to watch them fly around!

よくある質問

Pellucid Hover Flyの翼開長は何ですか?

24-32 mm

Pellucid Hover Flyのサイズは何ですか?

12-16 mm

Pellucid Hover Flyの寿命は何ですか?

14-28 日

Pellucid Hover Flyの飛行速度は何ですか?

10-20 km/h

Pellucid Hover Flyは何を食べますか?

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while larvae are messy eaters in social insect nests.

Pellucid Hover Flyは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas

Pellucid Hover Flyはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Pellucid Hover Flyの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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