Three Marmalade hoverflies on a Spear Thistle!

Explored 2012-10-30, highest position # 231

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Hoverfly larva, 1.4 mag about 5mm long

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus feeding on a drop of syrup on a camellia leaf.

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. First of the year. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on Senecio flower. Natural light. Meliscaeva auricollis

Hoverfly feeding on marsh marigold. Melanostoma scalare I think. Natural light

Hoverfly feeding on buttercup Epistrophe sp.. Focus stacked using zerene

Lesser bulb hoverfly Eumerus species. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens closeups. Focus stacked using zerene.

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus in bound to a camelia leaf. Taken at 1:1 uncropped

hoverfly standing on something green

Hoverfly on daffodil. Sphaerophoria sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens

large size:

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(shot with Canon 100/2.8 lens, file IMG_3632_neo2)

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus feeding on Japanese anemone

I thought that I photographed a bee.

However, it was wrong.

She is a Hoverfly. :)

Hoverfly feeding on sugar/honey syrup on camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene. Xanthandrus comtus

Hoverflies (Syrphidae) are mostly nectar-feeding plant pollinators, while larvae include predators, plant feeders (herbivores) and recyclers (detritivores). They are brilliant pollinators that are often overlooked.

Hoverfly on crocus. Focus stacked using zerene

Marmalade hoverfly

Hoverfly on a sun chair. Syrphus sp.

Hoverfly on miniature pine. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly portrait. Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light

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

Hoverfly with torn wing - suspect this is a birth accident - not the normal werar and tear you see.

Hoverfly in flight. Natural light. Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly egg on honeysuckle leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on sun chair

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly Eupeodes.sp.

Hoverfly, Mae Hia, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly on a Marigold.

Taken at Middleton Lakes

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

hoverfly Epistrophe nitidicollis