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After feasting on some pollen, I watched this Hoverfly land on a yellow flower and start cleaning itself thoroughly...
Chrysotoxum cautum
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Furry little hover fly captured today with the A7iii's kit lens. Tired of lugging the heavy Sigma 105mm about.
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Normally when out with the camera gear in the spring and summer I have two bodies one with a macro set up and the other the bigger telephoto lens. As I am supposed to be exercising I can only carried the 100-400mm but have had the extension tubes with me if the opportunity presents itself used to be how I did all my macro in the early days, don't like field changing lens still!!
MV-22 Osprey hovering over the beach.
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Hover Fly (fam: Syrphidae) nectaring on Poison Milkweed (Asclepias labriformis) a/k/a Jones' Millkweed, Utah Milkweed, Labriform Milkweed. Cathedral Valley. Capitol Reef National Park. Wayne Co., Utah
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Red eyes. Hungry will bite. This fly could hover, fly forward and backward.
Same fly as www.flickr.com/photos/jean_hort/2918088739/
A record shot of a female Kingfisher hovering at a height of about 7m above the water before diving in and catching a fish. Photographed from the new Eric Morecambe Hide at Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve.
Nikon D200 - AI Micro-Nikkor 105mm 1:4 + 2 PK-13 Extension Rings + Vivitar 2X Macro Focusing Teleconverter - 1/250 sec - f/22 - ISO 250 - Sigma EM-140DG Flash
The hummingbirds that frequent the feeder near our beer drinking spot on the deck thought they were immune from my photogging.
They weren't.
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.