<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis_tenax" class="extiw" title="en:Eristalis tenax">Eristalis tenax</a></b>, also known as the <b>drone fly</b> is a widely established <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly" class="extiw" title="en:Hoverfly">hoverfly.</a> The specimen in the picture is an adult female with a length (head to abdomen) of about 14 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millimetre" class="extiw" title="en:Millimetre">mm.</a> It is feeding on the blossoms of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano" class="extiw" title="en:Oregano">Oreganum vulgare</a>, the common Oregano.
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