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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Eristalinus October 2007-6.jpg

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Original - A male syrphid fly (Eristalinus taeniops) feeding on a Common Hawkweed flower. Notice how the long tongue (proboscis) is used to reach the nectar inside the flower. The eyes reaching at the top of the head (holoptic eyes) is typical of syrphid males
Alternative - Cropped version
Reason
A detailed and high quality depiction of the head of a syrphid fly, clearly showing the proboscis and compound eyes. The picture is used to illustrate various articles on the anatomy and behaviour of insects. The beauty of the unusual and gorgeous eyes is a bonus...
Articles this image appears in
Pollinator, Compound eye, Proboscis, Holoptic
Creator
Joaquim Alves Gaspar
Yes, but more people would be able to recognize the actual insect than the holoptic eye. I must say I like the one from the side better. Juliancolton (Talk) 15:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The picture is not used to represent Hoverfly - the image is used in compound eye and holoptic only. As representatives of those the enc is excellent (imo). shasYarr!/T|C 15:41, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Eristalinus October 2007-6.jpg MER-C 08:55, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]