Tiny Hoverfly..
....I think it is a Sphaerophoria scripta but am happy to be corrected.
these look tiny and the flower is full of tiny beetles
tinusbum wrote:
these look tiny and the flower is full of tiny beetles
All little flowers seem full of these really tiny beetles in recent months Tom. You hardly see them until you get the macro up close.
These are called Pollen beetles and you can have hundreds consuming the pollen of a single small flower. They particularly like Poppy flowers.
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