Marmalade hoverfly on Dark Mullein

In my village there is a 'Wildlife Conservation Area" which consists of two field margins lying at right angles to one another, each several metres wide and maybe two hundred metres long. They have been sown with a typical meadow mixture of flowers- poppies, scabious, ox-eye daisies, cornflowers, legumes, buttercups and grasses, and are a haven for insects of all kinds. Here I spotted this gorgeous wildflower, with furry purple stamens and banana-yellow petals, complete with visiting hoverfly!

I'm slowly learning to tell my hoverflies apart, and I love the marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) because of the rich, warm colours and clean lines on its abdomen. I've also learnt that this is a male because this specimen has holoptic eyes- where they meet along the top of the head (females' eyes are set apart somewhat).