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What

Trivittate Marsh Fly (Helophilus trivittatus)

Observer

annetanne

Date

May 1, 2011 02:06 PM CEST

Place

olmen (Google, OSM)

Description

I keep wondering why so many insects that are native both in the Netherlands/Flanders, and in Great Britain, do have a Dutch name, but no English one. This hoverfly is a very common species in the UK (according to Wikipedia), but is just 'some kind of hoverfly'... while we call him 'lemon dangling hoverfly' (there is also the 'common dangling hoverfly, that is very similar).

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Ann Van Roy - Creative Commons License BY-NC-SA 2.0