the marmalade hoverfly: Episyrphus Balteatus

Hoverflies I feel go quite unnoticed, this one is jewel like in its silvering. The full sun was creeping through the foilage illuminating the golden buttercup.

Lavernock Nature Reserve, Vale Of Glamorgan, Wales

Author: Nigel Pugh

Photo size: 14.0 Mpixels (40 MB uncompressed) - 4425x3161 pixels (14.8x10.5 in / 37.5x26.8 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: buttercup, Episyrphus Balteatus, feeding, golden, Hoverfly, insect, jewel, Lavernock Nature Reserve, nature, shade, silvering, sun, the marmalade hoverfly, Vale Of Glamorgan, Wales, wildlife