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Eriozona syrphoides
A rare female hoverfly (Eriozona syrphoides) foraging a Shining Scabious flower in an alpine meadow in the Vercors.
They live in spruce forests and feed in the grasslands that border them. Larvae feed on aphids.
Created: August 18, 2017
© Anne SORBES
Photo size: 16.1 Mpixels (46.1 MB uncompressed) - 4013x4013 pixels (13.4x13.4 in / 34x34 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Animal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Diptera, Drôme, Eriozona, Eriozona syrphoides, Female, France, Hoverfly, Insecta, Macro, Nature, Rhône-Alpes, Scabiosa, Scabiosa lucida, Scabious, Shining Scabious, Syrphidae, Vercors, Wildlife