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Marmalade hoverfly on Creeping thistle
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
The Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) is our most common hoverfly. Seen in large numbers during the summer. Adults feed on nectar and the larvae feed on aphids. Photographed here on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) at RSPB Loch Lomond Nature Reserve.
27 August 2015
Yellow Dung Fly on Creeping thistle
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) feeds on other flies as well as nectar and even the dung that they breed on. This one was seen on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), RSPB Loch Lomond Nature Reserve.
27 August 2015
Beef cattle, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Beef cattle grazing on the RSPB Loch Lomond Nature Reserve, with the Luss hills and Ben Lomond.
