The first sighting of a Hoverfly of 2006. This looks like a female Eupeodes luniger.
In the front garden I have a large flowering South African perennial Euryops pectinatus, the daisy flowers provide a useful food source when little else is available.
The day was sunny and ambient temp was around 10C on the warm, south facing wall.
The fly was a little sluggish and spent a few moments warming on the wall before returning to feed.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UK-Hoverflies/
2 comments:
Hi,
This is indeed an E.luniger! Congratulations. I think i meight try to find the same flower in the future ;-)
Cheers,
Bastiaan
www.syrphidae.com
Good extra information about the flower it was visiting.
Andy Horton
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