Snout. Anasimyia lineata, Striped Snouted Water Hoverfly, Gaasperplas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Much of one of my favorite hiking areas - the Gaasperplaspark - is now closed off for one of those summer music festivals. So I had to keep to the perimeters. No great hardship that. Lots of Queen Anne's Lace, various Grasses, Buttercups and everywhere the wafting sweet of a variety of Wild Roses. But insects were sorely lacking. I did spot this pretty Hoverfly gorging on Buttercup. If you look carefully you'll see just how large its 'snout' is; hence the Greek scientific name.
Snout. Anasimyia lineata, Striped Snouted Water Hoverfly, Gaasperplas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Much of one of my favorite hiking areas - the Gaasperplaspark - is now closed off for one of those summer music festivals. So I had to keep to the perimeters. No great hardship that. Lots of Queen Anne's Lace, various Grasses, Buttercups and everywhere the wafting sweet of a variety of Wild Roses. But insects were sorely lacking. I did spot this pretty Hoverfly gorging on Buttercup. If you look carefully you'll see just how large its 'snout' is; hence the Greek scientific name.