"Hover-fly" "Helophilus pendulus"

I spotted this beautifully coloured hover-fly resting above my pond in Bristol today!

It took me several attempts to capture this image, because as I closed in, this fly would do what its name suggests and flew off!

It's amazing what is lurking around in our gardens !!! This little insect measures about 12 mm in length and was very fast flying!

 

by Sean Walsh.

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