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Hoverfly Photobomb I set out to photograph the flowers… just as I hit the shutter button - hoverfly photo bomb ;) - I'll see if I can ID the fly. Wow - I'm on a roll. Amazingly I was able to find this little guy and with the help of a couple of other photos, I can be pretty certain this is correct. Geotagged,Melanostoma mellinum,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Hoverfly Photobomb

I set out to photograph the flowers… just as I hit the shutter button - hoverfly photo bomb ;) - I'll see if I can ID the fly. Wow - I'm on a roll. Amazingly I was able to find this little guy and with the help of a couple of other photos, I can be pretty certain this is correct.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Hehe, how fortunate! Posted 10 years ago

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The Variable Duskyface Fly

"Melanostoma mellinum", is a very common species of hoverfly found in many parts of Britain, Europe, North Africa, Asia and North America. Little is known of its biology, However the larvae are suspected to be general predator of small insects in leaf litter.

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Similar species: True Flies
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Mar 27, 2015. Captured Mar 26, 2015 13:35 in 29316 Southeast Green River Gorge Road, Enumclaw, WA 98022, USA.
country flag of United States of America Explore United States of America 39,926 9,640 8
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 50mm