Hoverflies

ejhaasteem (68)in #science • 7 years ago (edited)

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies, or syrphid flies, they are insect family Syrphidae. often seen hovering around the flowers, to suck the nectar of flowers.

I took this photo yesterday, in a small garden in Aceh, using a smartphone camera, xiaomi Redmi Note 4, with additional macro lenses.

After getting to know steemit, I have walked, and collect some types of flies around me, of several species, and belong to the genera mentioned in the quotation below.

About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals, despite their mimicry of more dangerous wasps and bees, which wards off predators. Read more : Link.

Life Cycle.

The Hoverflies fly is a cosmopolitan family that is found all over the world, except in the desert, tundra at very high latitudes, and Antarctica.

Certain species are more common in certain areas than others; for example, the American hoverfly, Eupeodes americanus, is common in the Nearctic ecozone, and the common hoverfly, Melangyna viridiceps, is common in the Australasia ecozone. About 6,000 species and 200 genera are in the family.Read more : Link.

Description.

Hoverflies are often found in gardens, near rotting fruit, they will fly and perched around the fruit or flowers.

The structure of the flies' wings is remarkable, and the ability to fly flies can not be imitated humans to date. You can see, even try catching flies, I think that's impossible.

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The wings are often clear or have smooth gradients of tinting, their veins merge posteriorly into a "false edge" that runs parallel to the wing's true rear edge and extends along half or more of the wing length (bombyliid wings lack a "false rear edge" and often have large dark areas with sharp boundaries, or complex patterns of spots)
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Reproduction And Development.

Every creature has a different life cycle, however, all flies consist of 4 stages.

eggs.
larvae.
pupae and.
adult flies.

Adult female flies will produce white and oval eggs, then develops into larvae (whitish-brown) in wet (wet) dirt. After the larvae to mature, the larvae out of the dirt or moisture to a relatively dry area to develop into pupae.

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