Girls' Table - _TNY_5465
On the left here is a female yellow-barred peat hoverfly (Sericomya silentis) and on the right is (also a female) of one of the species in the Syrphus genus.
They are enjoying the spoils of a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) in the Mjällådalen nature reserve.
The shot before this one was of another yellow-barred peat hoverfly, but a male, here; www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53681602847/ - look at how the eyes on this female are separated but on the shot of the male, they are touching. A very handy way to tell if a hoverfly is a boy or a girl.
Girls' Table - _TNY_5465
On the left here is a female yellow-barred peat hoverfly (Sericomya silentis) and on the right is (also a female) of one of the species in the Syrphus genus.
They are enjoying the spoils of a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) in the Mjällådalen nature reserve.
The shot before this one was of another yellow-barred peat hoverfly, but a male, here; www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53681602847/ - look at how the eyes on this female are separated but on the shot of the male, they are touching. A very handy way to tell if a hoverfly is a boy or a girl.