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| Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus, on Midland Hawthorn, Crataega lavigata. Marden Meadow, 25 May 2013. |
The Orpington Field Club visited beautiful Marden Meadow at the end of May for the Green-winged Orchids, and during the lunch break I photographed several insects visiting a Midland Hawthorn in full bloom. It was a popular bush, and this continues the theme of pollen-eating started in the last two posts.
Here I photographed the way a hoverfly actually picks up the pollen, brushing its tongue over the hawthorn's stamen to ollect the grains.
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| Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus, on Midland Hawthorn, Crataega lavigata. Marden Meadow, 25 May 2013. |
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