It’s that time of the year when the sunset betrays you, rain and cold sneak in, and there’s barely a flower on sight. Yet daisies and chrysanthemums brighten our sights, and the only insects around are a bunch of flies like this one:

Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus on a seasonally orange flower. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142672683

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