Synanthedon vespiformis
Wasp Clearwing ( Synanthedon vespiformis )
The Wasp Clearwing or Eichenglasflügler ( Synanthedon vespiformis ) is ( Sesiidae ) is a butterfly of the family of the Clearwing.
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 18-24 millimeters. They imitate their looks with the black and yellow colors of the signal after wasp ( mimicry ). The phenotypic appearance is less like a butterfly as a hoverfly with the aforementioned warning color. The flight of wasps is also adapted the aircraft noise, which causes the wasp Clearwing. The animals have in addition to those typical for clearwings transparent wings a bushy abdomen end which is yellow and black in the males with the females.
Occurrence
The species occurs throughout Europe before, except in the north, but it is generally not very often. She flies from late May to late August and likes to sit on flowers.
Way of life
The larvae live under the bark of oak, but sometimes of beech and poplar. Their development takes two years.