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Marmalade Hoverfly ♀

Episyrphus balteatus

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Field Notes

Description:

1.5 cm hoverfly

Notes:

Syrphidae - moscas-das-flores. http://naturdata.com/taxa/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae

Reference Links:

Episyrphus balteatus - Ecologia, Taxonomia, Morfologia, Distribuição - Naturd…

Species ID Suggestions

Marmalade Hoverfly

Episyrphus balteatus

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FaredinAliyevski
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Comments (7)
FaredinAliyevski
You welcome, this is a female and you can distinguish from its eyes. In males the eyes get together on top of the head like in this spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/30755111
PedroNicolau
I see tons of these, it'd be nice knowing what they are.

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PublishedAugust 9, 2013

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