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.