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Siddiqsk08
July 10, 2022

Spotted Eye Hoverfly

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➡️Eristalinus megacephalus has a black abdomen and golden horizontal stripes larger in males. ➡️ It has a black thorax, legs with black tips, transparent, flexible wings, a large head and golden compound eyes with pale purple spots. ➡️Being about 8–11 mm long ➡️ It is a good pollinator, and uses Batesian mimicry to look like hymenopteran bees and scare away predators. ➡️ There are no subspecies. It is the rarest species of the genus Eristalinus, and is common but not abundant. ➡️The species's flight period is from May to October, and is most plentiful from June to July

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Benson Tolarba Cariñaga

Great skills in photography. 😍😍😍

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