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Allograpta obliqua
I was so excited to get a good photo of this hover fly. When I went to view the photos for uploading, it looked like she was laying eggs. The first photo shows a tiny white egg on the tip of a rosemary leaf. The next photos show her with her abdomen below a cabbage leaf, an egg at the end of her abdomen, trying to deposit it. She then flew to the rosemary leaf and deposited another egg.
Urban veggie garden.
Spotted on Oct 2, 2011
Submitted on Oct 4, 2011
9 Comments
Yes alicelongmartin--it is like a photo easter egg! :)
Cool! Isn't it wonderful when we find something we did not see!
Thank you Cindy!
Yay! You got an awesome pic of a difficult fly.
Welcome..
Its a learning lesson for me here... :)
Thank you AshishNimkar! I love finding surprises in my photos!
Yes...Misako 5th Picture is very excellent..!!
Thank you KarenL! This species has the most beautiful pattern on their abdomen--so ornate.
Lovely photo!