Yellow-faced Fly
Phaonia pallida
A small muscid fly found around damp woodland edges, hedgerows, meadows, and other shaded vegetation where adults rest on leaves and visit flowers or moist organic matter. It feeds mostly by sponging up liquids such as nectar, honeydew, and other dissolved nutrients, while its larvae develop in decaying organic material or soil-associated substrates. Like many true flies, it relies on rapid takeoff, agile flight, and keen sensory hairs to escape larger predators. Its pale yellowish face helps distinguish it from many darker, more uniformly colored house-fly relatives.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Yellow-faced Fly