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hover fly

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hover fly
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any dipterous fly of the family Syrphidae, with a typically hovering flight, esp Syrphus ribesii, which mimics a wasp
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; Andy Littlewood, of Poultney Road, Radford, Coventry, took the picture (right) of "some kind of hover fly on goat willow catkin".
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Several of the photos depict endangered species, such as the yellow-lipped ladies' tresses orchid, and the northern harrier, but even more stunning is the close-up of a hover fly on a balloon flower.
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Perversely, moths seem to avoid them, leaving the big yellow flowers to earwigs and hover fly species.
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