Hoverfly Feeding

Title

Hoverfly Feeding

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Rob Hemphill

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Description

This hoverfly was busy collecting pollen from a Japanese Anenome flower.

Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, 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, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

Anenome flowers are typical garden flowers and grow at a height of around 3-4 ft (1-1.5 m). The flowers are 40-60 mm (1.6-2.4 in) across, with 5-6 (or up to 20 in double forms) sculpted pink or white sepals and prominent yellow stamens. They bloom from midsummer to autumn.

These plants thrive best in shady areas and under protection of larger plants, and in all but the hottest and the driest conditions in the United States. They are especially sensitive to drought or overwatering. They can be invasive or weedy in some areas, throwing out suckers from the fibrous rootstock, to rapidly colonise an area. Once established they can be very difficult to eradicate. (Part from Wikipedia)

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