Dusky-banded leafwalker
Chalcosyrphus nemorum
The dusky-banded leafwalker is a hoverfly that lives in damp woods near water. It has black legs with yellow knees and yellow feet. Its back legs have thick, swollen thighs.
Lives in
Northern Europe, Asia as far as Japan, and North America from Alaska to California
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Hoverflies cannot sting or bite.
What does it eat?
The grown-ups drink nectar and eat pollen from flowers like buttercups and dandelions. The babies live under the bark of trees.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Dusky-banded leafwalker about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Hoverflies are named after their trick of hanging almost still in the air while flying.
2
It likes to sit on sunny leaves and fallen tree trunks next to streams and ponds.
3
Sometimes it lands on damp mud right at the water's edge.
4
Its tummy has pairs of pink or orange-brown marks.
5
You can see it from May until the end of September.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dusky-banded leafwalker
?Is the dusky-banded leafwalker dangerous?
No. It is a hoverfly and cannot sting.
?Where does the dusky-banded leafwalker live?
In damp woods near water in Europe, Asia and North America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chalcosyrphus nemorum
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1805
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Syrphidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Chalcosyrphus nemorum (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 Sandy Rae. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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