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Sunday
Jun142009

Hoverfly

DateSun 2009-06-14

A male Leucozona laternaria feeding on hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium).  As explained here (half way down the page), male hoverflies have larger eyes than the females, and so their eyes are not separated in the way that female's eyes are.

Photos taken in Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-06-14.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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