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A hoverfly over a black eyed Susan in a sunny day. This is the time to post photos of insects and butterflies, soon we'll be posting everything orange, brown and yellow, at least here... Fall is coming.
This image was taken in the early morning at East Harptree Woods in Somerset on the 20th April 2013.
Finally managed to get out with the camera, work and weather had been conspiring against me!
There were quite a few of these big Hoverflies about when the sun was up, but quite difficult to spot when looking for one that had settled the previous night, surprising little else about too!
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A Chrysotoxum Hoverfly seen today on walk round Sutton Heath. These striking hoverflies, are boldly marked with yellow and black and have distinctly elongated antennae. Although the genus is distinctive, identification to species level is tricky. However, given it's location in Suffolk and its large size it is likely to be either C.cautum or C.verralli!
If anyone can help with an ID for this hover seen on Alexanders in Gunners Park, Shoeburyness that would be great! (But I think there may not be enough identifying features visible for a positive ident.)
Hoverfly eating refractions. Not seen this trick before- think the droplets are aphid honeydew drops that have been caught in a spider's web underneath the aphids. This hoverfly was obviously enjoying them
This is a very common Hoverfly, doing what it is supposed to do !!
They should be encouraged in the garden as they are such useful pollinators and pest controllers.
A hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii I think?) on a glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) in my yard. I quite liked this photo because I never noticed before how odd syrphus tongues are! It looks like a cartoon vacuum.