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Marmalade Hoverfly

Episyrphus balteatus

Description:

Another hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, flying from plant to plant on my garden.

Habitat:

Found it rovering in the middle of a variety of plants on my countryside house's garden.

Notes:

Photo taken with a Canon 600d. The second photo is just a cropped version of the first one.

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2 Comments

Miguel Jesus
Miguel Jesus 10 years ago

Thank you Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Great series Miguel Jesus!

Miguel Jesus
Spotted by
Miguel Jesus

Portugal

Spotted on Feb 23, 2013
Submitted on Jul 1, 2013

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