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Marmalade hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus on a yellow blossom of a Day Lily - Hemerocallis

Episyrphus balteatus sitting on a green leaf

Episyrphus balteatus Hoverfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Syrphid flies, A hoverfly on a flower, A close-up

Julia Heliconian (Dryus iulia)butterfly with wings spread pearched on a fern leaf.

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) resting on a gras stalk

Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly of the Syrphidae family.

Macro of a Pajama hoverfly on a flower bud

Episyrphus balteatus on plant in the wild

closeup view of a hoverfly - family Syrphidae

A fly sits on an orange drinking its nectar

Large skipper butterfly on grass in a nature reserve. Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Aphid eating flies in the wild, North China

A Syrphus Eastern Calligrapher forages on flower in summer.

A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on a white flower, sunny day in summer, Vienna (Austria)

Close-up of a resting hoverfly resting on a leaf

Closeup on the marmelade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus sitting on a green leaf in the garden

$Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- \$

$Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs specifically Detritivores [1] eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores, preying on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.\n\nInsects such as aphids are considered crop pests, and therefore the aphid-eating larvae of some hoverflies are economically and ecologically important. The larvae are potential agents for use in biological control; while the adults are pollinators.\n\nAbout 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most mammals, though many species are mimics of stinging wasps and bees, a mimicry which may serve to ward off predators.$

A moth is sleeping under a Anthriscus sylvestris flower head

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