Female - thorax and rostrum - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver background

Description:

Longitude (deg): -1.9. Latitude (deg): 50.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 60' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 50' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: Male and female in aphidophagous hoverfly rearing pot (contents all from garden). Detail to note: pair of blunt tubercles between 1st and 2nd leg bases. Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Background: silver background. Where photo was taken: Arranged. Orientation: "Right, or facing to right". Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS1000D dSLR and Olympus BX53 microscope.