Coenomyia ferruginea
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Coenomyia ferruginea , mating |
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Coenomyia ferruginea is a fly from the family of stink flies (Coenomyidae).
features
The flies reach a body length of 14 to 20 millimeters. Their brown colored body is built relatively thick and has an elongated, cylindrical shape. The males have a black base color and have light spots on the edges of the tergites on the abdomen. The females are brown-yellow in color and have yellow-coated abdomen segments. The wings are tinted brown-yellow, their Costa loader runs around the entire wing.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed from Western Europe to the south of Siberia and North America . The animals occur in low and high mountains, especially near watercourses, and there rest on the vegetation. They feed on nectar and honeydew and in certain situations can give off a penetrating smell, which is also described as a cheese smell. The larvae live in the upper layers of humus-rich soils and in dead wood. There they feed on detritus and other insect larvae.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Pjotr Oosterbroek: The European families of the Diptera identification, diagnosis, biology. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht, 2006, ISBN 90-5011-245-5 (page 126)
- ↑ a b Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Flies and Mosquitoes. Observation, way of life. 1st edition. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena and Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4 . (Page 158)
literature
- Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Flies and Mosquitoes. Observation, way of life . 1st edition. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena and Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4 .
- Pjotr Oosterbroek: The European families of the Diptera identification, diagnosis, biology. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht, 2006, ISBN 90-5011-245-5
