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What Are Hover Flies?
Hover Flies ( known in America as Flower Flies ) belong to a large family of small to big flies. They are true flies or Diptera, with only one pair of wings in the Family Syrphidae. ( Wasps and bees have two pairs ).
Hoverflies have spots, bands or stripes, of yellow, brown against a dark-coloured background, sometimes with dense hair covering the body surface (emulating furry bumble bees). Their fast flight, motionless flight and, in some species, their size are astonishing feats. Some Hovers are among the biggest flies of Central Europe. Many species are very colorful. It is not always that easy to identify hover flies. Some thick-headed flies and bee flies are similar and dark coloration makes it hard to identify them correctly at a glance. Bee flies tend to be longer hairy, have snouts and are a study in themselves!
Hovering is a speciality although other flies can also hover - the head of the insect remains absolutely still whilst in flight. They may be seen "Nectaring" on many wild and garden flowers where they are amongst the most frquent of visitors. In Holland and Belgium alone over 300 species exist!. In Britain About 270 species are known at present, but significant species and numbers can migrate like butterflies with powerful flight such as the Red admiral or Painted lady.The Marmalade Fly Episyrphus balteatus is one of the most common hoverflies to be seen in the garden. The distinctive double stripes on the abdomen make it almost unmistakable.
Many are seen in the summer season in number mixing with butterflies, bees, bumble bees and other flower dependent insects. Male Hovers tend to enmerege and mature first, earlier in the season to ensure reproduction is sucessful. Many species are useful to the gardener since their larvae eat pest aphids on garden plants and crops.The degree to which they contribute to pollination is also ironically poorly investigated but no doubt are important for Carrot, Onion and fruit Trees
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In order to grow their endo- and exoskeleton, screamers need to supplement their fruit diet with lots of minerals. They get them in abundance in the caves where they make their nests by the thousands. The rock of the particular caves they favor are natural sources of helium. Screamers store the ingested helium into their own porous bones and use them to achieve buoyancy. They use their high-frequency screams, which have distinct helium induced notes, together with their very sensitive to vibration hair-like structures as a primitive sonar to navigate the darkness of their cave dwelling.
While I was photographing the Bumble Bees in the garden this suddenly turned up. At first I thought it was a wasp. Which is what it wants everything to think apparently. Then I realised it was about the size of a Bumble Bee, so not a wasp. I have never seen one of these before but a bit of internet research revealed it to be a species of Hover Fly. Wikipedia tells us the following: Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.
My friends Honda fit on skunk2 full coilovers sitting like a hover craft. He drove the car like this from Florida to Tennessee for Import Alliance
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Family Archive - slides that belonged to my grandparents. This slide is dated September 1971. The boat carries the title "Hoverservice" - location unknown.
Episyrphus balteatus. I've plenty of these in my garden at the moment but not much else in the way of hover flies.
Hoverflies, (family Syrphidae) also called flower fly, or syrphid fly they are a member of a family that contains about 6,000 species world wide. Their various common names refer to the behavior of hovering around flowers. Hoverflies, with their yellow markings, resemble wasps or bees but do not bite or sting. Adults are 4-10 mm long and have dark flattened bodies with black and yellow markings. During flight, they move in a characteristic way. As their name suggests, they hover over objects but will also dart to and fro. The immature hoverfly looks like a maggot and can grow up to 10 mm long. The larvae hunts by touch.
South Pambula NSW
Flowers to the rescue, again....
Had shot these yesterday morning as the sun was coming up and cast a beautiful backlight on these flowers.
However, I had no intention of making these my "shot of the day".
Had some friends coming over for a grill out later in the evening, and I had a few fireworks light painting ideas in mind. But, after I did a couple of test shots on my daughter to show what my idea was, the other kids freaked out and wanted nothing to do with it... they were getting impatient to light the fireworks on their own..
After everybody had left, I was too tired to upload these flower shots.. and thus doing it now.
So, despite being a bit disappointed not to be able to do the light painting shots, it ws a fun evening... lots of beer consumption and good yummy food.
Anyhow, need to get out and shoot some other stuff today.
Hover-taxi I built 5-6 years ago and never got around to photographing before. The Fifth Element movie was obviously a big influence on the design.
I haven't changed or updated it since it was built. If I was doing it today there are some changes I'd make.
Triple Crown trailers always look to me as if they're hovering a few inches off the rails. Their road wheels are, at least!
Two Westland Sea King helicopters of the Commando Helicopter Force hovering above the crowd at the end of the RNAS Yeovilton Air Day finale.
Hover-taxi I built 5-6 years ago and never got around to photographing before. The Fifth Element movie was obviously a big influence on the design.
I haven't changed or updated it since it was built. If I was doing it today there are some changes I'd make.
OLYMPUS XZ-1 / Flying (Hovering) Dragonfly
It is difficult to photo the insect which is flying in compact digital camera.
Movement is too early and cannot catch the dragonfly in the Auto Focus by compact digital camera.
I observed a dragonfly and noticed the following things.
The dragonfly has a habit to stop to the same branch repeatedly.
Therefore focused the dragonfly which stopped to a branch in a Manual Focus and waited for a dragonfly to fly away.
After having flown away, I pressed the shutter at the moment when the dragonfly returned to the same branch.
(Since I am poor at English, a comment is described using translation software in many cases.
There may be a strange part in description.
Please forgive. :-) )
An American kestrel (Falco sparverius) hovers in flight while hunting at Marine Park. View animated!
Hovering in preparation to eat, this is one beautiful Stripe-throated Hermit Hummingbird. This picture was taken in the rain of the Los Ángeles Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica.
I have finally worked my way through all my hummer pictures from Costa Rica, so we will take a break now. Looking back, I see that there were seven different species that I was able to identify. I think there were a couple more that I didn't get very good quality pictures of. The species we saw were:
• Green-crowned Brilliant
• Purple-throated Mountaingem
• Violet Sabrewing
• Coppery-headed Emerald
• Green Violetear
• Violet-crowned Woodnymph
• Stripe-throated Hermit
The conclusion - if you want to photograph hummingbirds, Costa Rica is a very good place to go. If I ever go again, I will be much better prepared with lighting, as that is one of the big challenges. The second challenge, as with all BIF shots, is focus as these little birds dart around so quickly. All-in-all, while I can see a bunch of ways I could have done better, I am not unhappy with the results.
Platycheirus sp. Probarbly P. manicatus
Found this beautiful hoverfly resting on a blade of grass. I nudged blade to get a Dandelion as a background. That woke the hover up but I managed to snap a few shots before it took off.
I made these designs a few weeks ago, and I really like the outcome. Anyone can use the designs, but I would like to be credited.
Hummingbird hovering by feeder behind the visitor center on Sandia Crest, at 10,678' above sea level, northeast of Albuquerque, NM. At one point there were 5 or 6 of these energetic birds buzzing all around us.
Chasing and eating aphids. They look a little like small caterpillars and they are hungry! Photo Jean
The personal hover car of the Blacktron III overlord.
BA used: 3 u-clips, 2 monopods, and 1 apoc smg.