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Plavunets (Rhantus suturellus). In the Volga Delta, after the spring flood, a lot of small reservoirs remain, some of which dry up by the end of summer, and the swimmers willingly settle them. It is a predator that hunts other invertebrate inhabitants of the reservoir, they are mainly insects, mainly mosquito larvae, including malarial ones. Plavunets is a great flyer. After the reservoir dries ...
The hanging willow or babbler (family Syrphidae; Helophilus pendula = Tubifera pendula) is a common inhabitant of meadows. It feeds on the nectar of flowers. Size 10-15 mm. Larvae develop in water. It is easy to distinguish from other babblers by the vertical yellow stripe on the head.Author: VO
The family of Babblers is Syrphidae. An adult fly with a brownish breast and a yellow-black spotted belly is very similar to a bee. Noteworthy is the larva of the beekeeper, which is called "rat". The body of the larva is barrel-shaped, indistinctly segmented. The last three segments of the abdomen form a characteristic "tail" - a breathing tube. These segments are thin, and each subsequent one ...