Syritta pipiens (Thick-legged hoverfly)♀︎
Verbascum blattaria (Moth mullein)

Last update: 8 December 2021

garden
species

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2021-VII-17

A nice little hoverfly drinks nectar on Moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria), a female Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) ^[1,2].

Thick-legged hoverfly ♀︎ (Syritta pipiens) on Moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)

Thick-legged hoverfly ♀︎ (Syritta pipiens) on Moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)

Literature

¹Nederlands Soortenregister

²André Schulten, februari 2014, "Fotogids ZWEEFVLIEGEN Versie 2.0"

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