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Epistrophe eligans
A male hoverfly resting on a nettle leaf in my garden. A species that is particularly welcome because adults are pollinators and larvae are aphidophagous and therefore eat aphids.
Photo ID: TU1A1167
Photo size: 10.7 Mpixels (30.7 MB uncompressed) - 3277x3277 pixels (10.9x10.9 in / 27.7x27.7 cm at 300 ppi)
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