Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 120 No. 120 |

Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout the Palaearctic region, which covers Europe, North Asia and North Africa. The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands. Two further identification characters are the presence of secondary black bands on the third and fourth dorsal plates and faint greyish longitudinal stripes on the thorax. Its color patterns may appear wasp-like to...
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->brachyceran-flies("suborder: Brachyceran Flies"):::active
brachyceran-flies-->hover-flies("family: Hover Flies"):::active
hover-flies-.->common-drone-fly(["species: Common Drone Fly"])
hover-flies-.->common-globetail(["species: Common Globetail"])
hover-flies-.->hornet-mimic-hover-fly(["species: Hornet Mimic Hover Fly"])
hover-flies==>marmalade-hover-fly(["species: Marmalade Hover Fly"]):::active
hover-flies-.->pellucid-hover-fly(["species: Pellucid Hover Fly"])
hover-flies-.->pipizella("genus: Pipizella")
hover-flies-.->tapered-drone-fly(["species: Tapered Drone Fly"])
hover-flies-.->thick-legged-hover-fly(["species: Thick-legged Hover Fly"])
hover-flies-.->trivittate-marsh-fly(["species: Trivittate Marsh Fly"])
hover-flies-.->variable-duskyface-fly(["species: Variable Duskyface Fly"])
hover-flies-.->yellow-bowed-smoothwing(["species: Yellow-bowed Smoothwing"])
hover-flies-.->yellow-haired-sun-fly(["species: Yellow-haired Sun Fly"])
click common-drone-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/common-drone-fly/"
click common-globetail href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/common-globetail/"
click hornet-mimic-hover-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/hornet-mimic-hover-fly/"
click marmalade-hover-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/marmalade-hover-fly/"
click pellucid-hover-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/pellucid-hover-fly/"
click pipizella href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/pipizella/"
click tapered-drone-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/tapered-drone-fly/"
click thick-legged-hover-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/thick-legged-hover-fly/"
click trivittate-marsh-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/trivittate-marsh-fly/"
click variable-duskyface-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/variable-duskyface-fly/"
click yellow-bowed-smoothwing href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/yellow-bowed-smoothwing/"
click yellow-haired-sun-fly href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/yellow-haired-sun-fly/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click brachyceran-flies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/"
click hover-flies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/brachyceran-flies/hover-flies/"
„A song in rustling leaves“
To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.