Toned Thighs - _TNY_6285

If you're looking to attract hoverflies to your garden I can wholheartedly recommend planting a great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis). After a rain, the shape of the flowers becomes a bunch of drinking cups with a little rain water in each and the hoverflies really flock to it.

 

Here is a female thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) having a drink.

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