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This is a male bog hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) sitting on a common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) in the Mjällådalen nature reserve near Härnösand, Sweden.
This species has pretty impressive compound eyes with oh so many facets - which is matched nicely by the flower. This, as "millefolium" tanslates into "a thousand flowers.
Sericomyia silentis and Eysarcoris venustissimus nymphs
Sericomyia silentis and Eysarcoris venustissimus nymphs
Sericomyia silentis and Eysarcoris venustissimus nymphs
Sericomyia silentis and Eysarcoris venustissimus nymphs
Sericomyia silentis and Eysarcoris venustissimus nymphs
Sericomyia silentis (Yellow-barred Peat Hoverfly)???
Popped out to Hoe Grange for a couple of hours today
quite a big hover fly and one I dont see all that often
on a knapweed flower
its FlyDay!
quite a big hover fly and one I dont see all that often
on a knapweed flower
its FlyDay!
It was just beginning to rain when I was out near the Jällviksbron bridge over the Mjällån river when I spotted this male (Sericomyia silentis) busy cleaning his face and not caring that I moved in close.
This is a fairly large hoverfly species and their eyes always seem to turn out nicely in photos so I was happy I got the focus right on the compound eyes.
On the left here is a female yellow-barred peat hoverfly (Sericomya silentis) and on the right is (also a female) of one of the species in the Syrphus genus.
They are enjoying the spoils of a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) in the Mjällådalen nature reserve.
The shot before this one was of another yellow-barred peat hoverfly, but a male, here; www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53681602847/ - look at how the eyes on this female are separated but on the shot of the male, they are touching. A very handy way to tell if a hoverfly is a boy or a girl.
You're looking into the many compound eyes of a male yellow-barred peat hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis), also known as the bog hoverfly, on meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) in the Mjällådalen Nature Reserve, about 37 km (23 miles) from Härnösand, Sweden.
This is also a very good shot to see how the antennae of flies are constituted. The antennae are in my opinion the easiest way to tell a fly from a bee/wasp as the latter have long antennae. The name "hornet" actually stems from the antennae resembling horns.
Me and my son ate our lunch just two or three meters from this meadowsweet and we actually had a close (but more rare) relative of this one land on the table - this female white-barred peat hoverfly (Sericomyia lappona): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53159110864/
Dorsal. Scale bar 5 mm.
Lectotype 8273:1
Lateral. Scale bar 5 mm.
Lectotype 8273:1