Hoverfly - Bearfly   ( New )
Taken at Lochwinnoch on 4th May 2025 using Nikon Coolpix P950 Fact File


Hoverfly - Bearfly.
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Local Names: 		Criorhina berberina
Diptera.
Syrphidae.
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Feature:
 		Rotting Deciduous trees
Pollen, Nectar.

Coniferous and deciduous forest.
May - July.
A Bumblebee Mimic
There are two forms of this Hoverfly: one with the pubescence more or less extensively blackish with a white tail-  berberina, and one in which it is entirely yellow or tawny - var. oxyacanthae.