Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus), two feeding on pollen of Dwarf formosa lily (Lilium formosanum var. pricei). Surrey, England, UK. July.
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) in flight with pollen on feet, foraging on Sargents lily (Lilium sargentiae). Deposited pollen visible on stigma. Cultivated in garden, Surrey, England, UK. J...
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on pollen on Stargazer lily (Lilium orientalis 'Stargazer') anther. Pollination occurs when pollen is transferred to next lily flower on hover...
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on pollen on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) anther. Dolomites, Italy. June.
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on Golden apple (Lilium carniolicum) pollen, transfers pollen on body to other flowers. In high grassland, Mount Vournos, northern Greece.
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeds Meadow rue (Thalictrum sp) pollen. Body covered with pollen which will be transferred to next flower visited. Russian Caucasus. June.
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on Caucasian lily (Lilium monadelphum) pollen. Pollen transferred to other flowers on legs and hairy body. Russian Caucasus, Georgia. June.
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Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on Caucasian lily (Lilium monadelphum) pollen. Pollen transferred to other flowers via legs. Russian Caucasus, Georgia. June.
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Rod Williams / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK.
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Rod Williams / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on creeping thistle Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London, England, UK. September.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvetris) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), with a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering nearby, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvetris) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), with a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) landing briefly to feed on pollen next to it, Wiltshi...
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Nick Upton / Slow motion close up of a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering around and feeding from a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on pollen from and hovering around a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on pollen from and hovering around a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of Marmalade hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding from a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower, before taking off, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Slow motion close up view of a Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)landing to feed from a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower and displacing a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), Wi...
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Nick Upton / Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched in a Hawthorn tree (Crataegus sp.) with a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) and another insect it has caught in its beak, Cornwall, UK, June.
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Rod Williams / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK September
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Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on a flowering Cabbage tree / Torquay palm (Cordyline australis) in a garden planted with flowers to attract pollinators, Watch Tower B&B, Dungeness,...
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Pascal Pittorino / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on Chicory flower (Cichorium intybus) in an organic garden, Var, Provence, France, May
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Stephen Dalton / Marmalade hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on fallen lily pollen, England, UK. August.
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Rod Williams / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. May
Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering near a Lesser burdock flower (Arctium minus), Gloucestershire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Marmalade Hover fly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on Red campion flower (Silene dioica) in a pollen and nectar flower mix strip bordering a barley field, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Kim Taylor / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) alighting on plantain (Plantago sp) Surrey, England, July
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Kim Taylor / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) landing on plantain (Plantago sp) Surrey, England, July
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Nigel Cattlin / Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding from the red flower of a long-headed poppy, (Papaver dubium), Berkshire, July
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Terry Whittaker / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeds on nectar from a Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), Greater Manchester, September.
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Terry Whittaker / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeds on nectar from a Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), Greater Manchester, September.
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Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) basking on leaf. Wiltshire, England, UK. April.
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Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) in flight. Wiltshire, England, UK. April.
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James Dunbar / Slow motion clip of a Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering in flight, UK, April.
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James Dunbar / Slow motion clip of a Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) in flight, April, UK
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Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering over a Greater periwinkle (Vinca major) flower in garden, Wiltshire, UK, April.
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Will Watson / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), on Yew, Castlewellan Forest Park, County Down, Northern Ireland. September.
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Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) using its proboscis to feed on pollen from a Field scabious flower (Knautia arvensis) anther, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.