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Purple hardhead, Centaurea nigra, flower in close up with a female marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, and a blurred background of leaves.

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

This is the hoverfly Syrphus vitripennis.

Episyrphus balteatus sitting on a green leaf

$Hover fly on thistle,Eifel,Germany.\nPlease see more similar pictures of my Portfolio.\nThank you$

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

Episyrphus balteatus Hoverfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Hover fly on a bugle flower in a meadow in Stukeley Meadows Nature Reserve, Huntingdon

$Umbria, Italy:\nDipteran of the Syrphidae family$

A syrphe, Syrphus ribesii gathers pollen from a New-England aster flowers in autumn.

Marmalade hoverfly collects pollen on pink flower macro photography. Episyrphus balteaus insect on the red flower bud garden photography.

A hoverfly captured in mid-air whilst lowering its legs

Macro of a Pajama hoverfly on a flower bud

Aphid eating flies in the wild, North China

hoverfly visits flower, macro shot of flower with pollen and pistils, Spring recording of pollination, Gliders are very good at imitating. Some look exactly like bees and wasps! This is called mimicry. Flying little Hoverfly visiting flowers.

Close up a Hoverfly flying, Yellow-shouldered stout hover fly in flight and nature blurred background

Marmalade hoverfly has a beautyful pattern

Cornflower in an English country garden with a hover fly.

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) resting on a gras stalk

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

A syrphe margined Calligrapher take a little bit of sun on a leave in autumn.

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