Skylight - _TNY_1373
This flower is known as the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) (Volucella pellucens female).
They are particulariy popular with flies and a good place to hang out and get shots of hoverflies sitting on pretty flowers.
The species in this shot is a female pellucid fly (Volucella pellucens).
The Swedish name for this species is "fönsterblomfluga", which translates into "window hoverfly". The name has nothing to do with them getting stuck inside windows, but rather that there is a large white marking on the abdomen which sort of looks like a window into the fly.
Skylight - _TNY_1373
This flower is known as the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) (Volucella pellucens female).
They are particulariy popular with flies and a good place to hang out and get shots of hoverflies sitting on pretty flowers.
The species in this shot is a female pellucid fly (Volucella pellucens).
The Swedish name for this species is "fönsterblomfluga", which translates into "window hoverfly". The name has nothing to do with them getting stuck inside windows, but rather that there is a large white marking on the abdomen which sort of looks like a window into the fly.