Bug on buttercup

Gemma

Gemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins

June 17, 2013 edited June 18, 2013 in Holy Macro

Does anybody know which insect this is, please?

Are those eggs in its abdomen?

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Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

June 18, 2013 edited June 18, 2013

Good capture- it's a hoverfly - Melanostoma scalare and yes those are eggs visible in it's abdomen
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Gemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins

June 18, 2013 edited June 18, 2013

Thank you very much.

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GOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator

June 18, 2013 edited June 18, 2013

She's a fat one. Lol. Good shot

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Gemma Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins

June 18, 2013 edited June 18, 2013

Thank you very much - she looks about to burst with all those eggs!

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