A fresh male Marmalade fly feeds on a pale yellow nipplewort flower. He is a small wasp-mimicking hoverfly, with a pattern of orange and black stripes across his abdomen, a gold thorax, yellow legs, a yellow face, and large red eyes.
Tasty:
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