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Hover-flies - Common Hoverfly

First seen on Sunday 27th October 2019 at Cragside

There are five members of the Syrphus family, all very similar. This is probably Syrphus Ribesii - also known as the Common Hoverfly. The distinguishing features of this family are yellow face and a bronze coloured thorax plus yellow/black bands on the abdomen which just meet in the middle, apart from the top segment.