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Yesterday morning there was some rain still present on the grass as I got a closer look at the tiny hoverflies. It looks like they have plenty to eat.
With an autofocus camera and the erratic movement of these insects, my photo attempts contain no insect and are mostly out of focus stems and foliage. But I flail away, poking my camera at them and clicking. Then I got this frame. I guess something clicked...
From almost two years ago. I'm looking forward to the coming Spring.
I'm a bit pushed for time today so will catch up as I can.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
I managed to get in really close for a brief period when this Hoverfly landed. He didn't sit for long, so was lucky to get a few good shots. This little insect is only about 7mm long.
Hoverflies are hugely important as pollinators; they tend to eat pollen more than nectar. There are well over 250 species in the UK and study of the potential economic impact of the general loss of insect biomass on pollination of crops has been mostly focused on bees. The larvae of many hoverflies are also beneficial as they eat pests such as aphids.
I just photographed this beautifully-marked hoverfly in our Staffordshire garden. It's a species that I don't recall seeing before (I'm sure I would have remembered). I'm wondering whether is could be Leucozona lucorum?
Hoverfly
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My garden is overrun with this flower. I need more variety and yet today we had 8 species of butterfly, 6 species of Hoverfly, 6 species of bee, 3 species beetles, 2 species of bugs. We also had a frog in the kitchen.
In my garden 15th July 2019 Stafford UK
Hoverflies can fly in bursts of up to 40km per hour.
The rat-tailed maggot is the larva of a hoverfly species, the drone fly Eristalis tenax. It lives in foetid habitats such as stagnant water, sewage and farmyard manure. To compensate for the low oxygen levels in these environments it breathes through its tail, using it like a snorkel.
Hoverfly sexes can be separated by looking at their eyes - the male's eyes meet at the top of the head, whereas the female's eyes are separated by a gap.
Remaining on the Hoverfly theme, always pleased to find these smart looking hoverflies each year though after an extensive search. it appears to just be the single individual so far.
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An egg laden hoverfly taken in the early morning at Shute Shelve Hill on the Mendips in Somerset.
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A largish hoverfly - Syrphidae sp., but exact species idendification welcomed - on what I think is a sneezeweed flower (Helenium). Not sure what's up with the two halves of the eye here... Observed at Parc-nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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This tiny hoverfly was feeding on the stamen of a Day Lily. It was not bothered by my presence, and continued feeding after several shots and was still there as I left.
This was taken hand-held with a Sigma 105 macro lens. The only changes I have made are a slight contrast change and crop to emphasise the hoverfly.
Hoverflies
نوع من أنواع النحل الطنان يعيش على الازهار وهو حساس لأي حركة تحصل من حوله أنصح بتصويرها عند المساء أي قبل غروب الشمس بحوالي نصف ساعة
This is a female Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) in the River Lee Country Park near Cheshunt.
The adults of this species feed on nectar and pollen while the larvae eat aphids. In ideal conditions it can complete its life cycle (egg to egg-laying adult) in as little as 16 days, with up to 9 generations in a year. It's common right across the northern hemisphere.
Volucella zonaria, length 25mm, wingspan 40mm!
"Description. This is a hornet mimic and is one of our largest and most spectacular hoverflies which can be recognised by its yellow and black banded abdomen. It is chestnut on tergite 2 and also on the scutellum and much of the thorasic dorsum. The only similar species is V. inanis which lacks the chestnut areas and which has sternite 2 yellow rather than black.
"Habitat. It seems to be found most frequently in urban areas and even in cities.
"When to see it. May to November peaking in August.
"Life History. Adults visit flowers. The larvae have been found in wasps nests.
"UK Status. This species became established in Britain in the 1940s and until recently it had very much a southerly distribution with most records coming from south of a line from the Severn Estuary to The Wash, however it seems to be expanding its range and is now quite frequently recorded further north."