Marmalade Hoverflies in my conservatory

NewBoy2

In my conservatory ( posh greenhouse ) I regularly get them most days and they spend all of their time trying to reach the sky through the perspex ceiling.

Armed with an old plastic tray from the Chinese Chip Shop and a piece of paper I manage to catch them and release them back into the garden

If I just tickle them up and leave the paper next to them they will jump on and if I am slow enough I can walk them to freedom.

I have 8 pepper plants in the conservatory and when I come down in the morning they are resting on the nearest one to the window.

I think its a Marmalde as I have checked it in my " Boys Own BBC Wildlife Pocket Guide Number 11  !!   "

pansyface

I love hoverflies. They seem more intelligent than other insects. They are always cooperative and willing to be rescued.😁

NewBoy2

Pansy

Agreed and if they were human they would be Hippies !

  

wild edges

NewBoy2 said:

I think its a Marmalde as I have checked it in my " Boys Own BBC Wildlife Pocket Guide Number 11  !!   "

Tasting them is the only real way to verify the ID.

pansyface

They go well with bread and butterflies.😁