Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus): 10% Beneficiary to shy-fox

abduhawab (78)mod【 Chief Executive Mod】✴️✴️✴️in Beauty of Creativity • 3 years ago

Another species that I found in the forest is the hoverfly that is specifically named the marmalade fly (Episyrphus balteatus), is one of the very familiar hoverflies that are often seen hovering around the gardens, parks, bushes, and woodlands. Like another kind of hoverfly, this hoverfly also feeds on nectar, pollen and the larvae are a predator of aphids to help control the population. The marmalade fly can be identified by its orange body with a thick and thin black band across it. I expected I would find many hoverflies around but as far as I noticed I only see this one which took me some time to take photos as it moved quite a lot and I determined to hunt it down until I got what I wanted, that was the pictures from different angles. After being tired of waiting, when I was about to leave the spot, I noticed it made a stop on the wildflowers which gave me a chance to take photos with my smartphone. The marmalade fly stays under the family Syrphidae, in the genus Episyrphus.

Marmalade Hoverfly (E. balteatus) can be found throughout the year in various habitats, including urban gardens, visiting flowers for pollen and nectar. They often form dense migratory swarms, which may cause panic among people for their resemblance to wasps. source.