On the Border. Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Broad Triplebelted Hoverfly, on Dandelion, Boukoul, Limburg, The Netherlands
On this glum day, we hiked a bit on the outskirts of the Elmpter Wald on the border between Germany and The Netherlands. It's a nature reserve under the care of a joint German-Dutch environmental association. After traipsing through pine forests on the German plateau - and looking at some of the WWII trenches - we descended again into the Meuse Valley just southeast of Boukoul, north of Roermond in The Netherlands. At the end of this track there's a large blueberry farm, and that's where between two fen ponds Spring Dandelions were poking up out of the otherwise quite infertile grounds.
This one was being visited by pretty Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Broad Triplebelted Hoverfly.
PS There something of an internet problem here this morning, so please bear with me...
On the Border. Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Broad Triplebelted Hoverfly, on Dandelion, Boukoul, Limburg, The Netherlands
On this glum day, we hiked a bit on the outskirts of the Elmpter Wald on the border between Germany and The Netherlands. It's a nature reserve under the care of a joint German-Dutch environmental association. After traipsing through pine forests on the German plateau - and looking at some of the WWII trenches - we descended again into the Meuse Valley just southeast of Boukoul, north of Roermond in The Netherlands. At the end of this track there's a large blueberry farm, and that's where between two fen ponds Spring Dandelions were poking up out of the otherwise quite infertile grounds.
This one was being visited by pretty Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Broad Triplebelted Hoverfly.
PS There something of an internet problem here this morning, so please bear with me...