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Hoverfly perched on yellow flower in the garden. Example of mimicry between insects.

Marmalade hoverfly is flying over the Parthenium hysterophorus plant with its tiny white flowers

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Selective focus on Eastern Calligrapher syrphid fly head, Toxomerus Geminatus

A hoverfly flying against a green background.

Hover fly on a bugle flower in a meadow in Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve, Huntingdon

A syrphe, Syrphus ribesii gathers pollen from a New-England aster flowers in autumn.

Episyrphus balteatus Hoverfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Purple hardhead, Centaurea nigra, flower in close up with a female marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, and a blurred background of leaves.

Cornflower in an English country garden with a hover fly.

Macro of a Pajama hoverfly on a flower bud

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Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly of the Syrphidae family.

Close-up of a resting hoverfly resting on a leaf

Marmalade Hover Fly (Episyrphus balteatus) flies to the burdock flower

Episyrphus balteatus sitting on a green leaf

Cornflower wildflower macro with hoverfly

Marmalade hoverfly collects pollen on pink flower macro photography. Episyrphus balteaus insect on the red flower bud garden photography.

$Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs specifically Detritivores [1] eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores, preying on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.\n\nInsects such as aphids are considered crop pests, and therefore the aphid-eating larvae of some hoverflies are economically and ecologically important. The larvae are potential agents for use in biological control; while the adults are pollinators.\n\nAbout 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most mammals, though many species are mimics of stinging wasps and bees, a mimicry which may serve to ward off predators.$

A hoverfly captured in mid-air whilst lowering its legs

Hover Fly on a purple flower of a lavender plant in summer, in a garden in England, United Kingdom

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