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15 Comments

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago

hoverfly beautiful shot

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Wow, I didn't notice, the third picture is really cool. Maybe you should separate pict 3 and 4 on a different Spot since they are different fly species and they are foraging on different plant species

RenataB.
RenataB. 12 years ago

its enough when i write "flies" ?!? :)

Doryreed
Doryreed 12 years ago

They are all hoverflies (Syrphids). You have three different species on your spottings. The first picture has two but they will be very hard to ID from a photo as they are all very similar. You could try though. I would start with Syrphus torvus or S. Ribesii and work from there.
The last two pictures are probably of Scaeva pyrastri. Nice shots too, especially the last two. :)

RenataB.
RenataB. 12 years ago

:)

BareFeat
BareFeat 12 years ago

Wow spectacular photo!
1 vote for SOTD~! :)

My fav. is the black and white fella whos head seems bigger then the flower hes landed on. heheh

Thanks for the spot

RenataB.
RenataB. 12 years ago

thank you, its done :)

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Such a beautiful picture, Renata! Can you please upload picture number 2 again? It seems it didn't upload properly, sorry!

PaulBeaudry
PaulBeaudry 12 years ago

Gorgeous!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Thanks Juan for info. I checked...these flies are possessing very imporant place in web of life on the Earth..!!

they are mimicking bees and wasps, though they do not have a sting

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

amazing they do look like bees

it is most likely an Episyrphus balteatus - flower flies, or hoverfly

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

no, those are Syrphid flies

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Second picture to be reloaded. I think its honeybee on Poppy flower.

RenataB.
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RenataB.

München, Bayern, Germany

Spotted on Jun 19, 2011
Submitted on Jun 19, 2011

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