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Sphaerophoria scripta
This female is about 10 mm long with a long an narrow body. Abdomen has yellow and black bands and are longer than the wings. The thorax is copper colored with broad yellow side stripes.
In the garden.
Norweigian name: Stor kulehaleflue
Spotted on Jun 13, 2021
Submitted on Jun 14, 2021
2 Comments
Thanks Mark! The name 'kulehaleflue' describes the male's external genitalia which looks like a small round bullet
kuluhaleflue... what a great word. :-)