Parasyrphus punctulatus

Crescent Blattlausschwebfliege ( Parasyrphus punctulatus )

The crescent - Blattlausschwebfliege ( Parasyrphus punctulatus ) belongs to the family of hoverflies (Syrphidae ).

Identifying

The species has a size of 7-9 mm. The probes are yellow at the bottom. The eyes are not very hairy. The abdomen is marked with 3 yellow semi-circular spots on the 3rd and 4th Abdominaltergit that do not reach the margin in the male. The legs are black and yellow knees up to the shoulders of the front rail. The wings have a light gray Flügelmal ( pterostigma ).

Occurrence

The Crescent Blattlausschwebfliege is spread from Europe to Japan. It is found in places, often along forest paths, thickets, forest edges or suburban gardens. Your flight time is from March to June with a peak in March / April.

Way of life

The larvae of the Crescent Blattlausschwebfliege are zoophag, they feed on, inter alia, of certain aphids. As the larva overwinters doll before she slips in the spring. In the adult stage ( imago ), the actual Hoverfly, they feed as flower visitors preferably of nectar and pollen of lower plants such as Coltsfoot, Creeping Buttercup, cypress spurge, as well as meadows.

Swell

  • Olaf Bastian hoverflies. The New Brehm Library Vol 576 Westarp Sciences, Magdeburg 1994, ISBN 3-89432-469-4
  • Kurt Kormann: hoverflies and bubble -headed flies of Central Europe Fauna Nature Guide Volume 1, Fauna -Verlag, Nottuln 2002, ISBN 3-935980-29-9
  • Gerald Bothe: hoverflies. German youth club for nature observation, Hamburg 1996.
  • Speight, M.C.D., Castella, E., Sarthou, J.-P. & Monteil, C. ( eds. ): Syrph the Net on CD, Issue 7 The database of European Syrphidae. ISSN 1649-1917. Syrph the Net Publications, Dublin.
  • Van Veen, M. P. Hoverflies of Northwest Europe KNNV Publishing 2004, ISBN 978-90-5011-199-7.
  • Reemer, M., Willem Renema, Wouter van Steenis, Theo Zeegers, Aat Barendregt, John T. Smit, Mark P. van Veen, Jeroen van Steenis en Laurens JJM van der Leij. De Nederlandse Zweefvliegen. Nederlandse Fauna 8, ISBN 9789050112901, EIS Nederland & Naturalis, 2009, 450 p
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