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European Hoverfly

Sericomyia superbiens

Description:

Small, orange and black with reddish tinted, large eyes that are close together, back legs noticeably longer than the front two pairs of legs

Habitat:

Garden at Blarney Castle in Ireland

Notes:

I didn't know about hoverflies until I started looking into what this was (the eyes seemed wrong for a honeybee)

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Ireland

Spotted on Jul 11, 2014
Submitted on Oct 12, 2014

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