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Also called Eristalis Tenax. The female's eyes are separated, whereas the male's meet. They are a bee "look-alike" and can easily be taken for the real thing!
... by the wayside!
Various insects on wild angelica / Wald-Engelwurz (Angelica sylvestris)
at nature reserve 'Spessartwiesen' near Heigenbrücken, Spessart, Bavaria, Germany
Female Pied hoverfly (Scaeva pyrestri) on Achillea flowers (Achillea Cerise). Taken in the garden. Bath, BANES, England, UK
I sat back a while to watch whether any insects would come along to visit our Eight-petalled Crocus but none did. Apparently that Dronefly (inset) rather foraged for pollen on its 'normal' Six-petalled neighbor. You don't see these Eight-petallers often; Crocuses as a rule have six petals. Once in a while something in a flower's ontogenesis goes awry and this can be the result. Why that is the case is anyone's guess. Perhaps a quirk induced by a climate change. Anyone 'out there' in the know? Please tell me.
A Drone Fly cleaning itself on our Choisya shrub.
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Beautifully bright Sun and a decent temperature for Hoverflies and such, but a very chilly wind. In the Hortus this Eristalis sp. was foraging on the Scilla just popped up from Winter's earth.
Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
I have seen a couple of these recently. This one chose a convenient Dandelion today.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday
Sea Thrift is a really very pretty, pink flower which grows happily along North-Atlantic seashores. It is slightly antiseptic but is not generally used medicinally because the sap can also cause skin irritations. The plant is apparently copper-tolerant and seems to absorb that element so I suppose it might be used to remove copper from soil if that's necessary.
Here our flower is being visited by a Stripe-winged Dronefly, Eristalis horticola, also rather useless. That is if you think aesthetic enjoyment has no use!
A Drone Fly on our Helenium Mardi Gras in the garden. This attractive plant is quite a favourite with the bees, hoverflies and wasps.
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I took a whole series of shots of this fly cleaning its self, fascinating to watch wish i had recorded it now.
Eristalis tenax es una especie de díptero braquícero de la familia Syrphidae nativa de Europa. Tiene el tamaño y apariencia de una abeja melífera, y así se la llama en inglés: drone fly (mosca zángano). Este mimetismo, común a la familia Syrphidae, posiblemente les confiere un grado de protección contra predadores, que temen la picadura de las abejas, aunque E. tenax es totalmente inofensiva ya que carece de aguijón.
It's said to be 6 C. today in Amsterdam, but the Sun is bright and warm enough for some insects. I saw a Bumblebee bumbling on its way outside my window on the third floor; some Droneflies in the Botanical Garden. And just a few doors up the street I was happily surprised by this pretty Hoverfly on Viburnum. I'm not quite sure what Our Hoverfly's scientific moniker is... No doubt she doesn't care and is intent on gathering pollen for protein sustenance; you can see the kernels sticking to her legs and tongue.
In the dessicated fields on the banks of the Meuse River a few flowering plants flourish. One is pretty yellow St. James-wort. And insects are quick to seek it out. Here's a Dronefly. It's been identified as Eristalis tenax by Thijs de Graaf (for which my great thanks); it's taking a deep draught! I hurried home for a Human Beer...
Our local wood, Kent.
The male hovers over the female when she is feeding.
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• Band-eyed drone fly
• Mosca tigre
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Syrphidae
Genus:Eristalinus
Subgenus:Eristalodes
Species:E. taeniops
Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay
A nicely bright day with startling blue skies and I took a walk around the Gaasperplas to see what I could see. Yellows especially of the stamens of Willow Catkins and the petals of Celandine and Daffodil. And of course a variety of insects come to seek their nutrients: a Dronefly, Honeybees and wonderful furry Bumblebee.
It was not relaxing travel; it was more like exploring the places on earth that are not like on the earth the most.
The Central Highland is an area that comprises much of the interior land of Iceland. The Highland is situated above 300–400 meters and is mostly uninhabitable. The soil is primarily volcanic ash, and the terrain consists of basalt mountains and lava fields. A few oasis-like areas, such as Herðubreiðarlindir and Þórsmörk, are also found in the Highland. The area has many notable natural features and hiking trails. The Highland encompasses various geological features, including Landmannalaugar, Torfajökull, Eldgjá, Þórsmörk, Herðubreið, Askja, Hveradalir, Lakagígar, and the Fagrifoss waterfall. Sites in the Highland are difficult to access and may be accessible only during the summer months. Most sites require all-wheel drive or all-terrain vehicles for access due to the unpaved dirt roads. Not just unpaved dirt roads, the 4x4 campervan needs to cross lots of rivers, which was also difficult and dangerous…
Here is the photo from Crater Lake!