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Lesser banded hoverfly sticking it's mouth out to drink the flower

Where i was, i was looking around when i saw this hoverfly. I recently learned about the lesser banded hoverfly and the common banded hoverfly and the difference. I used the technique and discovered that this was a lesser banded hoverfly! I took my shot and got this result!

 

Recognition:

There is a species called the common banded hoverfly that strongly looks like the lesser banded hoverfly. There is one thing to tell them apart though. The femur of the back legs have are partially black, but with the common banded hoverfly, it lacks the black. You may see a small piece of black, but that's from a other part of the leg called the coxa.

 

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Species: Lesser banded hoverfly, kleine bandzweefvlieg πŸ‡³πŸ‡±, vanlig hageblomsterflue πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄ (syrphus ribesii)

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Uploaded on October 11, 2026
Taken on June 15, 2026