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Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly

Eristalis stipator

The Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly is a friendly insect that looks a bit like a bee! It helps flowers grow by spreading pollen while it visits them for food.

生息地: Urban areas

外見

The Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly is a fuzzy, medium-sized insect with a bee-like appearance, sporting distinctive yellow patches on the sides of its black-haired thorax, resembling 'shoulders'. Its abdomen is banded with alternating yellow and black stripes, and it has large, reddish-brown eyes that nearly meet on top of its head, characteristic of many hoverflies.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraSyrphidaeEristalis
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly
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Yellow-shouldered Drone 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

Even though it looks like a bee, this clever fly only has two wings, while real bees have four!

Its babies, called 'rat-tailed maggots,' can live in very murky, polluted water using their long snorkel tail!

Scientists use drone flies to study how real bees pollinate plants because they visit similar flowers.

Their giant eyes let them see almost every direction at once, making them incredibly difficult to sneak up on!

特殊能力

能力

Master of Disguise

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flies have a black and yellow fuzzy body that helps them mimic bees or wasps, scaring away predators.

能力

Airbender Agility

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flies can hover perfectly still in the air and change direction instantly, making them hard to catch.

能力

Aquatic Snorkel

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly larvae have a long, retractable 'tail' that helps them breathe air while underwater.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
18-28 mm
サイズ
10-15 mm
寿命
20-45 日
飛行速度
15 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while their larvae munch on decaying stuff in water.

年齢による違い: Larvae filter-feed on decaying organic matter in water, while adults feed on nectar and pollen from flowers.

主な食物

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • decaying organic matter
  • algae

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

pollinates

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Adult flies visit and pollinate its flowers.

pollinates

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Flies collect nectar and pollen from its blooms.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Adult flies can be prey for insectivorous birds.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Spiders ambush flies visiting flowers.

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 without asking an adult, but you can watch them from a distance!

よくある質問

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyの翼開長は何ですか?

18-28 mm

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyのサイズは何ですか?

10-15 mm

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyの寿命は何ですか?

20-45 日

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyの飛行速度は何ですか?

15 km/h

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyは何を食べますか?

Adults sip sweet nectar and pollen from flowers, while their larvae munch on decaying stuff in water.

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Yellow-shouldered Drone Flyの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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