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Gallery: Garden hoverflies

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Hoverfly: Scaeva pyrastri

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Scaeva pyrastri is a large and distinctive hoverfly. Several smaller species resemble it, but the combination of size and very distinctively shaped markings on the abdomen make it relatively easy to identify.

Hoverfly: Scaeva pyrastri

Technical Information: Photographed with a Minolta Dimage Z1.
Copyright Richard Burkmar 2004. Permission is hereby granted for anyone to use this image for non-commercial purposes which are of benefit to the natural environment. School pupils, students, teachers and educators are invited to use and reproduce the image freely. The photographer should be credited where practicable. Use for commercial purposes is prohibited unless permission is obtained from the copyright holder.

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