Garden Robin

Garden Robin

Thursday 19 March 2015

Drone Fly



Drone Fly on Bergenia flowers yesterday.



There are a couple of similar species but I think this is Eristalis tenax - a honey bee mimic.




The larvae of Eristalis species are aquatic "maggots" living in damp decaying vegetation mainly in ditches and ponds but sometimes in farm manure pits and silage.



2 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you were able to name this creature as we had one (pretty sure identical) yesterday. I had left my camera inside!

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    1. Thanks Caroline - glad to help. It, or another one, may return - I often see them at this time of the year.

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