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One of the syrphid flies mimicking a wasp species. First specimen I observed ...
Mountain meadow (altitude 2000 m.)
Female Chrysotoxum octomaculatum. A ...
Looks like a wasp but it is a harmless important flower pollinator.
Syrphid. Chrysotoxum is a genus of ...
The characteristic long antennae and the yellow and black colors makes them ...
Scutellum is yellow with a oval black spot.
European hoverfly. This hoverfly imitate wasps. They are black with yellow or ...
Black and yellow hoverfly with two vertical, yellow stripes on thorax. The ...
Yellow, male flying insect with black stripes and wings.
