White-faced plushback
The white-faced plushback is a rare hoverfly. Its face is covered in thick white fuzz, and its body is striped black and yellow like a little bee. It can hang in the air almost without moving, like a tiny helicopter.
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Fun facts
Hoverflies are also called flower flies, because they are so often found sitting on flowers.
From flowers it gets nectar for energy and pollen for building its body.
Its babies grow up in the water, not on land.
It is quite rare and has been seen from Mexico up along the coast of the United States.
Most asked questions about White-faced plushback
?Is the white-faced plushback a bee?
No. It is a hoverfly that looks a bit like a bee, but it has no sting.
?How big is the white-faced plushback?
It is about 8 to 9 millimetres long, a little smaller than a honeybee.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Palpada albifrons
- Named by
- Wiedemann, 1830
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Syrphidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Palpada albifrons (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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