Epistrophe eligans (m)

A rather dark example of the spring Epistrophe hoverfly which I think means it was cold when he was a larva. Photographed warming up on the garden Mahonia before starting his airspace patrols. Like Eristalis pertinax he tries to intimidate anything that gets into his space, including me.

I'm fascinated by the profile of his frons which looks to me like a human face.

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