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Marmalade Hoverfly

Episyrphus balteatus

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Description:

very diferent from the other wasps or bees that i normaly see,spoted in the border of a oak forest

Species ID Suggestions

Marmalade Hoverfly

Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly

Order=Diptera Family=Syrphidae

Comments (9)

it has every thing to bee global,good luck and congratulations,i'll had more one or two spottes that i have in my list,in next days,and i'll bee whith more atention to flies,for the moment i'am more in a bird mode :)
I considered narrowing it down to a specific family but I'm fascinated by them all :) I hope it goes global!
your welcome Cindy,your mission make sense:,there are flies every where in all earth, so this is going to bee a global mission:)
thanks martinl(the other time i talk to you i wrote martini:)sorry,thanks for the id and for the simple but very pertinent coment,from now on i'll never forget(forgot?) that simple law,bees and wasps 4 wings flies(diptera) 2 wings. cindy your perfect:-)thanks for one more the precise id
This is a hover fly. Bees and wasps have four wings, flies (order=diptera) have two. It is however imitating a bee.

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