My Cup Runneth Over. Eupeodes sp., Comma Hoverfly, on Spurge, Euphorbia characias, Muiderstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's a very caustic plant, Euphorbia characias; its white latex causes blistering and a whole variety of stomach ailments. In The Netherlands it's appropriately known as Heksenmelk, Witch's Milk. But the green flowers provide nutrients to many insects among which this pretty Comma Hoverfly, an Eupeodes.
I saw it in the new street gardens along the buildings of the Muiderstraat. Those gardens make it a delight to walk the former terribly gray traverse from the traffic lights of the Valkenburgerstraat to the Botanical Garden.
My Cup Runneth Over. Eupeodes sp., Comma Hoverfly, on Spurge, Euphorbia characias, Muiderstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It's a very caustic plant, Euphorbia characias; its white latex causes blistering and a whole variety of stomach ailments. In The Netherlands it's appropriately known as Heksenmelk, Witch's Milk. But the green flowers provide nutrients to many insects among which this pretty Comma Hoverfly, an Eupeodes.
I saw it in the new street gardens along the buildings of the Muiderstraat. Those gardens make it a delight to walk the former terribly gray traverse from the traffic lights of the Valkenburgerstraat to the Botanical Garden.