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Hover Fly

Eristalis tenax

Photo by JillBlack
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Introduced Hover fly species to New Zealand from Europe. Spotted this one sitting on a daylily leaf in the sun at 3.45pm after it had finished foraging for pollen and nectar of a dahlia flower. It looks like and mimics a bee in behaviour but unlike bees does not have a pollen sac.

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Eristalis tenax

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