White-spotted pond fly
The white-spotted pond fly is a black fly with big white spots on its tummy. It is a hoverfly, which means it can hang still in the air next to a flower. Then it lands and has a sweet drink.
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Fun facts
Hoverflies are also called flower flies, because you so often find them at flowers.
Its babies are called rat-tailed maggots, because they have a long tube at the back end.
The baby uses that long tail tube to breathe, a bit like a snorkel.
It is a common fly across North America.
Most asked questions about White-spotted pond fly
?Can a white-spotted pond fly sting?
No. It is a hoverfly and has no sting at all.
?What does the white-spotted pond fly eat?
Nectar and pollen from flowers.
?How big is the white-spotted pond fly?
It is about 12 to 15 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Sericomyia lata
- Named by
- Coquillett, 1907
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Syrphidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Sericomyia lata (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 Jimmy Dee. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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