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Gender Reveal - _TNY_0499

This pellucid fly (Volucella pellucens) nicely illustrates the difference between male and female hoverflies. Notice how the eyes touch each other? That means this is a male. Female hovers have a little smaller eyes so they don't meet in the middle.

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Uploaded on October 20, 2021
Taken on July 18, 2019