July 18, 2007

Species #60: Hoverfly

Filed under: Invertebrates — goff @ 9:32 pm

Fly

Hoverfly
Meliscaeva cinctella

This fly was apparently eating the pollen from the Cow Parsnip flowers. It is a species of hoverfly, but I don’t know of any more specific common name. Thanks to Martin Hauser via bugguide.net for the identification.

Fly

Fly

1 Comment

  1. It is a female of the Syrphini tribe. Somebody that knows more may be able to identify it to species. Females need the protein in pollen for the eggs to reach maturity. Nice shot!

    Comment by Beatriz Moisset — July 19, 2007 @ 3:14 am

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