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marmalade hoverfly

Episyrphus balteatus

Photo by EduardoFrick
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Description:

Like most other hoverflies it mimics a much more dangerous insect, the solitary wasp, though it is a quite harmless species.

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Episyrphus balteatus

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PublishedOctober 31, 2011

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