Eastern flower fly
The eastern flower fly is a hoverfly with a black belly and bright yellow bands. It hangs in the air around flowers like a tiny helicopter. Its stripes make it look a bit like a wasp, but it is a gentle fly.
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Fun facts
The boy's big eyes touch each other at the top of his head. The girl's eyes are set apart.
It is quite rare, so you are lucky if you see one.
Its larvae are a gardener's friend, because they eat aphids that suck on tree leaves.
Its back legs are yellow with a dark band in the middle.
Most asked questions about Eastern flower fly
?Can the eastern flower fly sting?
No. It only looks like a wasp. Flies have no sting.
?What does the eastern flower fly eat?
The grown-ups eat nectar and pollen from flowers. The larvae eat aphids.
?How big is the eastern flower fly?
About 7 to 13 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Syrphus knabi
- Named by
- Shannon, 1916
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Syrphidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Syrphus knabi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Christina Butler from Georgia, United States. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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