Pollen Licker. Hoverfly, Platycheirus clypeatus, on Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Ice Stick', Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's hardly the kind of weather for licking ice-sticks. Though it's bright here in Amsterdam, the wind is very cold. Haven't seen a lot of Hoverflies around yet this Spring...
But here's - I think - tiny Platycheirus clypeatus, but correct me please if you think I'm wrong (first I thought: Melanostoma mellinum). He's feasting on the pollen of a Tulip Cultivar of 2002, Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Ice Stick' in the Hortus Botanicus of Amsterdam.
Pollen Licker. Hoverfly, Platycheirus clypeatus, on Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Ice Stick', Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's hardly the kind of weather for licking ice-sticks. Though it's bright here in Amsterdam, the wind is very cold. Haven't seen a lot of Hoverflies around yet this Spring...
But here's - I think - tiny Platycheirus clypeatus, but correct me please if you think I'm wrong (first I thought: Melanostoma mellinum). He's feasting on the pollen of a Tulip Cultivar of 2002, Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Ice Stick' in the Hortus Botanicus of Amsterdam.