Hoverfly with big black eyes sitting on a hand and nectaring

Weird looking Bee... ...It's NOT a Bee... ? Hm...
"I thought, I was photographing a Honeybee"

I was wrong... 😔
Just sad... for a macro photographer... sad... 😖 OK. I said it in my last post and I will say it again. Need to learn more about insects world! So, it's time for:

📚 "Little education" 📖

• HOW WE MET...
  Time to time, you don't need to look / search for insects, to shoot macro photos. Sometimes the insects come to you.
  This was one of those times....I was photographing a spider ( Araneus diadematus ). It was raining, so I had the amazing opportunity to see, what will spider do, with the net ?

😋 TRICK QUESTION 😏

A) NOTHING...
B) START CLEANING IT...
C) JUST LOOKING FOR SHELTER...
D) ROLL IT UP, AND PUT IT IN A BAG...

..... For the right answer you will get 1 STEEM! 👍 .....

• BACK TO THE STORY...
  As I was trying to get the best shot of the spider, I feel some weird sucking,wet, feeling on my left arm. I was not panicking, so the "honeybee" continue exploring / sucking my "skin".

• TRUE IDENTITY...
  It was not a 🐝 but a "Syrphus ribesii." Is a species of a hornetflys. There are more 6.000 known species and each one, more interesting then te last one. Volucella inanis, Pellucid Fly, Dasysyrphus tricinctus and one of the most known Eristalinus taeniops...
  It would be nice, to have a macro collections of some amazing species. 😚
  Research from 1971 shows, that in most of the Europa, two chromosome species Syrphus ribesii prevail. One with 2n = 8 the other with 2n = 10. References from Boyes, J.W., van Brink, J.M. & Boyes, B.C. (1971). "Chromosomes of Syrphinae (Diptera: Syrphidae)

"Juicy"

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Cam: Sony a6000
Lens: Sony 90mm macro G OSS 1:1
Set: F3.2 / shutter 1/160/ Iso 100
Light: Flash on the camera, sun light

MAYBE YOU DIDN'T KNOW...

• They are harmless and curious
• Hoverflies, or as some people call them "Flower flies"
• You can find them all over the world, but not in Antarctica
• They are important pollinators
• Hoverfly preys upon pest insects - they are used for pests and biocontrol

I hope you enjoy the photo and have learned something new, so if you are excited to see more amazing content, don't forget to follow me👍

Till next time...
Yours truly, @marjanko

P.s.: Did you heard about @neverendingstory ? 😱

Oh, damn... ONE OF THE BEST projects, I have seen in last 6 months... Don't believe me???

Then, I will put my money, where my mouth is! If you think it's a bad idea ( Tell me why in the comment sections ), I will send you 1 STEEM.

P.p.s.: Was I right ? .... 😊