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Blue Marmalade - _TNY_9657

A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) stopping for something to eat on a blue globe-thistle (Echinops bannaticus).

 

The (green) larvae of E. balteatus primarily live on aphids and can make quite an effective form of pest control.

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Uploaded on November 7, 2016
Taken on July 28, 2016