Orthonevra stackelbergi
Overview
Orthonevra stackelbergi is a distinctive hoverfly species with a robust, dark body marked by pale yellow bands and clear wings. This specialized pollinator plays a crucial ecological role in northern European ecosystems, visiting a variety of wildflowers while its larvae develop in decaying organic matter in wetland environments.
Orthonevra stackelbergi faces significant threats from habitat degradation and loss of its specialized wetland environments. Climate change and human development pressures are reducing the availability of suitable bog and marsh habitats that this hoverfly depends on for breeding and foraging.
Habitat
This species inhabits northern European bogs, fens, and marshy areas with standing or slow-moving water. It is particularly associated with Sphagnum moss-dominated wetlands and adjacent wet meadows in boreal and subarctic regions.
Other threatened species in Syrphidae
Threatened in Åland Islands
Frequently asked questions
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