“saxifraga umbrosa” adorned with brilliant colours by the selection of syrphidæ


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ABSTRACT AMONG Diptera the most assiduous visitors of flowers are certain Syrphidæ, which, elegantly coloured themselves, are fond of splendid flower-colours, and, before eating pollen or


sucking nectar, like to stop a while, hovering free in the air, in front of their favourites, apparently fascinated, or at least delighted, by the brilliancy of their colours. Thus I


repeatedly observed _Syrphus balteatus_ hovering before the flowers of _Verbascum nigruim_ often _Melanostoma mellina_, and _Ascia podagrica_ before _Veronica chamædrys;_ in the Alps the


lank _Sphegina clunipes_ before _Saxifraga rotundifolia_, and in my garden _Ascia podagrica_ before _Saxifraga umbrosa_. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of


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ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE MÜLLER, H. “Saxifraga umbrosa” adorned with Brilliant Colours by the Selection of Syrphidæ. _Nature_ 22, 219 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022219c0 Download


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