探検昆虫

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!

生息地: Wetlands

外見

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.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraSyrphidaeSericomyia
Yellow-barred Peat Hover Fly
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Yellow-barred Peat 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

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.

特殊能力

能力

Wasp Impersonator

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

能力

Hovering Master

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

能力

Nature's Recycler

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

サイズと詳細

翼開長
25-30 mm
サイズ
12-15 mm
寿命
15-40 日
飛行速度
20 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

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

年齢による違い: Larvae eat decaying plants in water, but adults feed on flower nectar and pollen.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Decaying plant matter
  • Microbial film

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

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.

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

Hover flies are friendly and won't hurt you. Just watch them from a distance!

よくある質問

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyの翼開長は何ですか?

25-30 mm

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyのサイズは何ですか?

12-15 mm

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyの寿命は何ですか?

15-40 日

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyの飛行速度は何ですか?

20 km/h

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyは何を食べますか?

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

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyは通常どこに生息していますか?

Wetlands

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Yellow-barred Peat Hover Flyの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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