A female Eupeodes corollae hoverfly rests on the vivid red bloom of a crocosmia 'Lucifer' against a dark green background. She is a small hoverfly, about 8mm in length. Her abdomen is black, with three pairs of creamy, comma-shaped markings extending towards the centre line from the margins. Her thorax is brassy, her eyes are red, and her face is pale. This hoverfly doesn't really have a common name in the UK, but it's a migratory species whose larvae are voracious eaters of aphids, and one source calls it the Migrant Aphideater.
Macro mayhem:
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