Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: The other fly is an old favourite, one of the most common syrphid hoverflies. It's a ...

The other fly is an old favourite, one of the most common syrphid hoverflies.

It's a female thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens). In German, it's the Kleine Mistbiene, which hints at its other name in English, the compost hoverfly.

The thick and spiky thighs are easy to see in these pictures.

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