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Hoverfly

I am a big fan of the markings on many of the Hoverflies. This is of course the Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus. Even the wing veins have distinct patterns specific to a species Sometimes the wing veins are one of the keys to identifying one species from another.

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Uploaded on August 26, 2025
Taken on August 8, 2025