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This four-speckled hoverfly stands on the summit of a gaura plant in the garden - Happy Fly Day Friday!
Hovering around for a second or two while I practised my focus-tracking!...!...! And named "pellucid" (translucent) for the way light passes through the ivory-white band across its abdomen.
This hoverfly casts a shadow while hovering over this green leaf in the gardens.
Taken 5 August 2017 at Alaska Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska
Cute, aint he?
One of my favorite insects to shoot.
Looking forward to tomorrows cool down. We hit 100 degrees for the first time since 2012 yesterday.
Hoverflies, sometimes 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 (Source: Wikipedia).
HFDF!
I do like the challenge of capturing hoverflies on my camera. So much easier when they land on something, like this poppy here.
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Finally we got some rain today and it caught a few insects out. This hoverfly (marmalade fly) was stranded for a little while but after quick wash and brush up took off into deeper vegetation. I think this is Episyrphus balteatus but any comments welcome.
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 eat a wide range of foods.
I don't know many hoverfly species and the id of this one eludes me. It was tiny - it's resting on a small blueberry leaf.
I absolutely adore hoverflies and have been photographing them for several years. It's rather late I think for me to still be seeing these but while some of the garden plants are still blooming it seems some of the smaller hoverflies are seeking out the pollen.
Hoverfly Macro. I have been advised it is not a Bee. Duly corrected!
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Hoverfly, I am not 100% sure of the id it was sunny this morning and I thought what a cool dude with the sun glasses :-) of course it's eyes. I am now fairly sure I have the right name but if anyone knows differently please say so, thankyou.
I thought I might have missed these little hoverflies and had stopped looking when I came across a single hoverfly that had spent the night on the spent flowerhead of Fleabane. As with everything else it was covered in dew which made the eye detail a little more interesting.
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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 eat a wide range of foods.
I think this is Eupeodes latifasciatus, but I am very happy to be corrected. It was seen flying and feeding in very dull weather on Woodham Fen in South Woodham Ferrers