The #marmalade #hoverfly, #Episyrphus #balteatus (#Syrphidae), is a common #species in #CentralEurope. It either #hibernates here as adult or #migrates toward #SouthernEurope, crossing the Alps. Its #migratorybehavior resembles that of other migratory animals.
X. Chang et al. (2024) investigated #endosymbiontic #microbiota dynamics in the syrphid's developmental stages.

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X. Chang et al. (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1308393

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