Name Variations - _TNY_6279
Some animals have very similar names in different languages. Like the European garden spider which is known in German as Kreutzspinne, in Dutch as kruisspin, in Swedish as korsspindel, in Norwegian as korsedderkopp and in English also known as the cross orb-weaver.
This rather striking hoverfly is a bit different thouh. In English, this is a male marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), but in Swedish it's a "flyttblomfluga" which tanslates into migratory hoverfly. The Germans on the other hand call this a "Hainschwebfliege" meaning grove hoverfly, but they also call it the Wanderschwebfliege (wandering hoverfly) and Winterschwebfliege (the winter hoverfly).
And then we look at the Dutch. They go all in on the names and call this one the snorzweefvlieg (moustache hoverfly), pyjamazweefvlieg (pajama hoverfly), dubbelbandzweefvlieg (double-banded hoverfly) and cocacolazweefvlieg (yup, that's the Coca Cola hoverfly).
Regardless of name, this one is enjoying a flower on my mother-in-law's great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).
Name Variations - _TNY_6279
Some animals have very similar names in different languages. Like the European garden spider which is known in German as Kreutzspinne, in Dutch as kruisspin, in Swedish as korsspindel, in Norwegian as korsedderkopp and in English also known as the cross orb-weaver.
This rather striking hoverfly is a bit different thouh. In English, this is a male marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), but in Swedish it's a "flyttblomfluga" which tanslates into migratory hoverfly. The Germans on the other hand call this a "Hainschwebfliege" meaning grove hoverfly, but they also call it the Wanderschwebfliege (wandering hoverfly) and Winterschwebfliege (the winter hoverfly).
And then we look at the Dutch. They go all in on the names and call this one the snorzweefvlieg (moustache hoverfly), pyjamazweefvlieg (pajama hoverfly), dubbelbandzweefvlieg (double-banded hoverfly) and cocacolazweefvlieg (yup, that's the Coca Cola hoverfly).
Regardless of name, this one is enjoying a flower on my mother-in-law's great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).