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[unkn0wnvariable]

Marmalade Hoverfly

A marmalade hoverfly resting on a scabious leaf, in the garden.

#30dayswild #canon #canonuk #episyrphus balteatus #fauna #garden #hoverflies #hoverfly #insect #insects #invertebrate #invertebrates #marmalade hoverfly #minibeast #minibeasts #nature #outdoors #summer #wildlife

[dansnaturepictures]

16th July 2023: Egleton, Rutland Water

Photos taken in this set: 1. Herb-Robert. 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Views at this beautiful reserve. 5. Great White Egret, a star bird again this weekend. I still find it quite surreal when we have a run of visiting good habitats for them and they're so commonplace, being a bird that was a real rarity when I first got into birdwatching. They're great to watch too with their larger than life stature and quirky movements. 8. Green Sandpiper, a key bird that we wanted to see at the nature reserves whilst away and it was an honour to see loads of them on lagaoon four. They are such beautiful birds and I really just enjoyed watching them and taking them in. 9. Comma, one of a few wonderful butterflies I enjoyed seeing especially in a blooming patch of meadow. 10. Egyptian Geese, another key Rutland bird, with adorable goslings. The gosling I saw of one at Petersfield Heath Pond earlier in the month was the first Egyptian gosling I'd seen I think but was bigger so it was lovely seeing these little goslings.

Another year tick in Yellow-legged Gull seen nicely with Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls for comparison and some chicks of the latter in an Osprey nesting platform were other key birds seen, as well as stunning views of Osprey and Hobby acrobatically working through the air seeing both successfully hunt. Birds I adore seen so well this weekend. Sand Martin, Little Egret, Great Crested and Little Grebe, Shelduck, Blackcap seen extremely well, Reed Warbler, delightful Teal, Gadwall, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Swift, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail and Linnet chasing each other and Stock Dove were other key birds seen. It was an insect fest with Painted Lady, Red Admirals, Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell seen well at the visitor centre, Small Skipper, Green-veined White, Small White and Speckled Wood butterflies, Southern Hawker, Common Darter, Brown Hawker and Black-tailed Skimmer dragonflies, Common Red Soldier beetle, ladybird, Bird-cherry Ermine moth and Marmalade and Long hoverflies other standout insects seen. Poppy, fox-and-cubs, bird vetch, wild carrot, lady's bedstraw, field scabious, self-heal, viper's-bugloss, red campion, white deadnettle, white and broad-leaved clover, thistle, great willowherb, ragwort, forget-me-not, burdock and meadowsweet were other key plants seen.

#meadowsweet #photography #birdwatching #lady's bedstraw #painted lady #yellow-legged gull #green sandpiper #white deadnettle #england #uk #world #nature #viper's-bugloss #marmalade hoverfly #long hoverfly #small skipper #bird-cherry ermine moth #happy #photos #osprey #hobby #lesser black-backed gull #2023 #egleton #great white egret #egyptian goose #rutland water #rutland #europe #walking

[bespectacled-bookwyrm]

Went to a garden centre today and spotted these little guys:

I'm no insect expert, but from what I've researched, they seem to be marmalade hoverflies. They're completely harmless; they just wear bee colours!

Also, these lovely little birds:

They are most likely adult female house sparrows. I'm very happy if they are; they're in the red on the conservation list, so I'm glad to see there's a nest or two thriving!

#My photos #hoverfly #marmalade hoverfly #Birds #house sparrow #Please correct me if I got the species wrong - I'm no expert!

[ofmushroomsandmoss]

Details ✨🌸🌼🌸✨

#cottagecore #naturecore #forestcore #countryside #Nature #nature photography #Insects #Insect wings #Marmalade hoverfly #Thistle #Campion #Wild carrot #Yarrow #Mallow #Wildflowers #Summer #July

[ayanos-pl]

 【庭】ホソヒラタアブ

#ホソヒラタアブ #ヒラタアブ #昆虫 #庭 #Episyrphus balteatus #marmalade hoverfly #hoverfly #japan #insect #owad #garden #ogródek #bzyg

[petec9099]

Memories of Summer

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#Butterflies #Dragonflies #Hornet Mimic Hoverflies #Marmalade Hoverfly #Spiders

[anenglishwoodcomstuff]

Mint and marmalade #insect #wildflower

Marmalade Flower Fly, Episyrphus balteatus, on Water Mint, Mentha aquatica. Picture taken August 16. #wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #plant #mint #hoverfly #hoverflies #flowerfly #flowerflies #marmalade #marmaladefly #insects #insect #insectphotography

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#2023 #August #Episyrphus balteatus #Flowerflies #Flowers #Hoverflies #Insects #Marmalade Hoverfly #Nature #Plant #plants #Summer #Water Mint #WIldflower #Wildflowers #wildlife

[rcannon992]

Hovering hoverflies

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#Episyrphus balteatus #hovering #marmalade hoverfly #sunspot #territoriality #territories

[onenicebugperday]

@turquoisewaves07 submitted: Can you help me ID this bug I found on a Pak Choi leaf I bought from the shop? I'm in north west england but the Pak Choi box didn't have a country of origin. I left the box in the fridge for a few days and this was on a leaf today.

Suuuure it's a hover fly pupa. Can't confirm species for sure just from this photo, but marmalade hover fly pupae look just like this. Could be that or a related species. If that's the case, they're native to England. As they develop inside the pupa, they become darker and you can start to see their black and yellow stripes, so if this one is still alive, it's not done cooking yet.

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #fly #diptera #pupa #hover fly #hoverfly #marmalade hover fly

[postmanpetecoluk]

Marmalade hoverfly: Episyrphus balteatus by pete beard Via Flickr: #bfg

#bigfriendlygardener #HWCP #OLYMPUS #macro #Marmalade hoverfly: Episyrphus balteatus

[unkn0wnvariable]

Marmalade Hoverfly by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: A marmalade hoverfly feeding on the flowers of seaholly, with a big clump of pollen on one of its eyes.

#30dayswild #canon #canonuk #episyrphus balteatus #fauna #flies #fly #garden #hoverflies #hoverfly #insect #insects #invertebrate #invertebrates #marmalade hoverfly #minibeast #minibeasts #nature #outdoors #springwatch #wildlife #flickr

[dansnaturepictures]

26/07/2023-Winchester, Lakeside and home

Photos in this set taken today are of: 1. Carrion Crow on the way to the railway station this morning on a streetlight which was nice to see in the sun. 2. A rowan tree with berries which caught my eye yesterday and was good to see again today. 3 and 4. A flower and some nice white buddleia in Dean Garnier Gardens at Winchester Cathedral where I was pleased to discover today, a beautiful garden full of vibrant colour. 5. Another corvid the Jackdaw which I enjoyed seeing in Abbey Gardens. 6, 7 and 8. Winchester Cathedral and the Inner Close a fairly new discovery for me too which is a lovely place to walk through and spend time. 9. A lovely flower bed at Abbey Gardens. 10. Dark mullein and other flowers in the Inner Close.

Seeing Swifts glide over at Dean Garnier Gardens was a bird highlight of the day, highlights also including Woodpigeon at the cathedral and at home and Goldfinch at home on the balcony in the rain this evening. It was great to see a fair few Small White butterflies again at Dean Garnier Gardens and Winchester generally, with Holly Blue nearby too and Common Red Soldier beetle and a wasp in the gardens and a Marmalade hoverfly flying into some eycatching vervain which I like seeing by the River Itchen. Other key plants seen today were great willowherb by the office, ivy-leaved toadflax, mallow and yarrow by and pineappleweed, white clover, thistle and carrot cutting through Lakeside in the sun this morning

#dean garnier gardens #photography #winchester cathedral #inner close #lakeside country park #river itchen #abbey gardens #england #uk #world #nature #happy #earth #jackdaw #swift #woodpigeon #small white #holly blue #marmalade hoverfly #flowers #colourful #europe #2023 #walking

[heather-rajendran]

Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) photo I took 08/10/2023, Wintersett, West Yorkshire, UK

#nature #nature photography #animal #animals #wildlife #animal photography #british nature #wildlife photography #wild #wild animals #wild animal #hoverflies #hover flies #hover fly #flower fly #syrphidae #fly photos #fly #flies #diptera #insect photography #invertebrate #insect #invertebrates #insects #entomology #bug #bugs #bugblr #bug photography

[tishfarrell]

Quick Fix At The Opium Poppy Cafe

I’ve settled a few herbaceous cuttings in our rental house garden – geraniums, helianthus, Michaelmas daisies, centaurea, valerian, and oregano, and they’re all doing rather well. But this opium poppy brought herself, and this morning proved a hot spot for a bee and hoverfly feeding frenzy. Visitors included a white tailed bumble bee and a flurry of marmalade…

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#hoverflies #opium poppy #Tish Farrell Writer #white tailed bumble bee

[ayanos-pl]

ハコベにホソヒラタアブ。翅がステンドグラスみたいにきれい。

#昆虫 #アブ #ヒラタアブ #ホソヒラタアブ #ハコベ #owad #marmalade hoverfly #Episyrphus balteatus #insect #Stellaria #japan #bzyg

[petec9099]

Patch walk: 6 July

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#Azure Damselfly #Common Carder Bee #Little Grebe #Marmalade Hoverfly #Meadow Brown #Tarn #Tarnwood park