Marmalade Hoverfly on flower

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus).
You can keep hoverflies apart from other flies by looking at the veins in their wings. Hoverflies have a floating vein which flies don't have. On this picture you can see in the middle of the left wing. There are two veins next to each other, the one which ends with a small end is the floating one.
(dutch source: http://www.gardensafari.net/dutch/zweefvliegen.htm)

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Ferdy Christant

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Wonderful sharpness, a specie introduction and great description...my compliments! Posted 13 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! This is actually one of the first pictures I made with my new macro lens (Tamron 90mm). I hope that I can make more nice macro pictures in the future! Posted 13 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
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    Cool, what an excellent start, you have a good eye for it. Looking forward to more great work, you know it is most welcome here :) Posted 13 years ago

The Marmalade Hover Fly

"Episyrphus balteatus", sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout the Palaearctic region, which covers Europe, North Asia, and North Africa.

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Similar species: True Flies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant