Dance Fly (Empis livida) feeding on bright yellow ragwort blossoms.

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This is Empis livida and seems to spend all day pushing that very long proboscis into the most scented flowers it can find and during mid to late summer there are very few blooms to 'outsmell' the ragwort!

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Location: Donna Nook, UK
Photo credit: © fotolincs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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