The hoverfly Eupeodes luniger, Melling
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The hoverfly Eupeodes luniger, Melling
Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 27 Jun 2015
A fairly widespread species of a quite confusing genus; this is a female, with the eyes not touching on the head, and these are easier to identify than males because of the vaguely Y-shaped dark mark between the eyes.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.489424
Longitude
-2.914805