I found it feeding on Heracleum flower, Nature Reserve Bourgoyen, Gent, Belgium on 6 August 2008

by bonitin Aug 8, 2008 12:09 PM

by bonitin Aug 8, 2008 12:09 PM

by bonitin Aug 8, 2008 12:10 PM

by bonitin Aug 8, 2008 12:10 PM

Taken on 28th July 2008, Lincoln UK. A female on Clematis flammula, they are 6-10mm in length.

by wallaby1 Nov 22, 2008 8:41 PM

Licking up something from the flower petals. G. minor is much the same with minor exceptions, it has a bristle on mid-tibia where G. maculata does not.

by wallaby1 Nov 22, 2008 8:46 PM

The abdomen of G.maculata is broader than it it long, G.minor is the reverse, longer than broad.

by wallaby1 Nov 22, 2008 8:50 PM

Taken on 1st October 2008, this is a male feeding on Ivy flowers.

by wallaby1 Nov 22, 2008 8:53 PM

On 2nd October 2008, a more colourful male on Ivy flowers.

by wallaby1 Nov 22, 2008 8:55 PM

On 5th October, a darker male sitting on an Ivy leaf.

by wallaby1 Nov 22, 2008 8:57 PM