Female Hoverfly (Epistrophe eligans) laying eggs on Rose flower bud among Rose aphids (Macrosiphon rosae) which her larvae will feed on, Wiltshire, UK

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Female Hoverfly (Epistrophe eligans) laying white oval shaped eggs on Rose (Rosa sp.) flower bud among Rose aphids (Macrosiphon rosae) which her larvae predate, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

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Location: Wiltshire, Uk
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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