I've been out in the garden for a couple of days trying to get a shot of a hoverfly that I was happy with. Finally, I got one! Not in time for Macro Monday, but very welcome nevertheless! Shot handheld using a 31mm extension tube and a Canon EF100mm f/2.8L macro lens.

Hoverfly on hawthorn flower at Chorley Lancs.

Hoverfly, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

A marmalade hoverfly moves to land on a pickerel weed at the Woodland Gardens, Bushy Park.

Taken at Middleton Lakes

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on camellia leaf Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly coming down the path.

(Peter)

First time visitor ,to my garden , UK

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on valerian

hand-held

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on an apple. Focus stacked using zerene

Macro x 4 of head of a Hoverfly

A hoverfly also known as 'The Footballer' due to the stripey thorax. This lovely wildflower is Devil's-bit Scabious.

HFDF and have a great weekend! :)

Also known as Batman Hoverfly

Hoverfly

A few bugs and butterflies from the past few days.

#2 Hoverfly

Canon EOS 5DS R

TAMRON 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010

ƒ/13.0 300.0 mm 1/250 400

On Oriental Lily.

On sunny or warm days in May the cistus shrub is buzzing with the sound of bumble bees and honey bees. This hoverfly was silent... (well I couldn't hear him).

Hoverfly on passiflora ...I notice they avoid the ones with bees , they know their place!

Hoverfly feeding on eyrisimum flowers at Chorley Lancs.

Hoverfly Eupeodes luniger in my garden

A hoverfly on black cherry blossoms. There are more than 6,000 species of hoverflies. They are very desirable garden guests, and gardeners often plant flowers next to vegetables to entice them to the garden. The black cherry tree in my backyard was literally humming with activity yesterday!

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Episyrphus balteatus

"Its two 'moustache' black bands on tergites 3 and 4 of its abdomen are unique. Some specimens also show white bands on the abdomen, whilst other forms are quite dark.

"Common and easily identified.

"Habitat: Gardens, hedgerows, parks and even woodland in sunny spots.

"When to see it: January to December peaking in August. Numbers can be boosted by an influx of migrants.

"Life History: The fact that it can be seen in most months of the year is no doubt in part due to it hibernating through the winter but emerging on warmer days. Numbers are also boosted by migrants.

"UK Status: Records indicate that it may be the commonest and most widespread hoverfly in Britain."

www.naturespot.org.uk/species/marmalade-hoverfly

Recent uploads look terrible on Flickr for some reason. The colours are off and there's visible banding. Not sure why, sorry.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Hoverfly .Syrphidae

This hoverfly was on the flowers of our Crassula ovata and has been identified on Bowerbird as Episyrphus alternans.

Lyme Regis Dorset

Hoverfly (Epistrophe eligans I think)

Olympus digital camera

Hoverfly Scaeva selentica feeding on a crocus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly resting in canopy at Chorley, Lancs.

There are over 280 species of British hoverflies. I "believe" this is Syrphus ribesii/rectus. I’ve been unable to identify the plant.

Sitting on a yarrow flower