Ladybird fly
The ladybird fly is a small fly with a round orange tummy with dark spots. That makes it look a bit like a ladybird. It loves warm, dry, sunny places and sits on flat, open flowers.
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Fun facts
Its babies grow up inside shield bugs, the flat bugs shaped like a little shield.
Its wings are yellow-brown where they join the body.
In males the middle part of the body is golden, in females it is dark.
It lives in many countries, from Portugal and Britain all the way to Japan and Taiwan.
Most asked questions about Ladybird fly
?Why is it called a ladybird fly?
Because its round orange tummy with dark spots looks a bit like a ladybird.
?Is the ladybird fly dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people. Only shield bugs need to watch out for it.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gymnosoma rotundatum
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Tachinidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Tachinidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Gymnosoma rotundatum (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 Fritz Geller-Grimm. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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