Clubbing on Lavender. Baccha elongata, Flying Pin Hoverfly, and Flat-footed Hoverfly, Platycheirus sp., on Clinopodium nepeta, Lesser Calamint, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Just before the rain, some Hoverflies were clubbing about for nutrients on elegantly beautiful but tiny Lavender Calamint
(www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/48498289496/in/photoli...). I noticed Syritta pipiens with its striking Club-shaped femurs... But Olymp took a fancy rather to Flat-footer, Platycheirus sp. (left inset) and that Baccha elongata. Baccha has a club-shaped body with a very narrow 'waist'. I don't think there's a common English name, but in Dutch it's called 'Vliegende Speld', Flying Pin, and you can easily see why.
Clubbing on Lavender. Baccha elongata, Flying Pin Hoverfly, and Flat-footed Hoverfly, Platycheirus sp., on Clinopodium nepeta, Lesser Calamint, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Just before the rain, some Hoverflies were clubbing about for nutrients on elegantly beautiful but tiny Lavender Calamint
(www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/48498289496/in/photoli...). I noticed Syritta pipiens with its striking Club-shaped femurs... But Olymp took a fancy rather to Flat-footer, Platycheirus sp. (left inset) and that Baccha elongata. Baccha has a club-shaped body with a very narrow 'waist'. I don't think there's a common English name, but in Dutch it's called 'Vliegende Speld', Flying Pin, and you can easily see why.