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Hoverfly

Helophilus fasciatus

Description:

Helophilus are a diverse genus of moderate to large hoverflies, that appear somewhat bee like. Larvae filter feed in organic rich water. All Helophilus adults have a distinctive lengthwise striped thorax and a transverse striped abdomen.

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4 Comments

injica
injica 11 years ago

Tnx :)

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 11 years ago

Nice series, injica!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Thank you :)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Beautiful!

injica
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injica

Zagreb, Croatia

Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 20, 2013

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