Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. over ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverflies

Hoverfly Myathropa florea male. Strong natural light

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly about to land on a flower

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on a variegated rhododendron leaf. Strong natural light

Hoverfly Myathropa florea feeding on potentilla

Hoverfly- Eupeodes sp. on marguerite

Hoverfly on japanese anemone

Hoverfly portrait, Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria in flight

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Full flash

Hoverfly in yellow flower.

Hoverfly

Hoverfly grabbing a feed on the front yard blooms.

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

A hoverfly on a geranium flower. Taken when mooching around in the garden on a sunny evening looking for bird shots with a 'big bertha' telephoto lens!

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on a variegated rhododendron leaf. Strong natural light

Hoverfly Volucella sp. on hebe

Hoverfly's having breakfast. Taken with D700 and a Nikon 105mm F2.8 Micro manual Focus lens.

Hoverfly, Syrphidae. EOS 40D with MP-E65 lens.

Hoverfly

Hoverfly on hogweed - churchyard at Great Gonerby

Hoverfly in flight

A hoverfly resting

Hoverfly on fading camellia flower, Syrphus sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly at the end of a leaf. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

hoverfly

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Melanostoma mellinum. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on my finger. A cold Syrphus torvus warming up on my finger

Hoverfly in garden taken on 17th September 2010.

This is Syrphus ribesii, a very common hoverfly. It is feeding on nectar from the pale purple flower of Michaelmas Daisy. A great flower at providing a late season nectar source for a whole range of invertebrates. It is worth including in any wildlife garden, but just be aware that it can take over a bit. So maybe keep it in a container/pot to be on the safe side.

Hoverfly on marguerite. Probably Eupeodes corollae

Hoverfly on passion flower. Focus stacked using zerene

A hoverfly tucks into the Kunzea ambigua flowers during a brief reprieve from the rain. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]

Hoverfly sparkling in the early morning Sun on the last purple Anenomes.

Taken with Fuji XT20 and Itorex 135mm M42 lens via adapter.

Very impressed with the sharpness of this 'unknown' lens.

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on rhododendron

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp.

I noticed these hoverflies and took a few photos of them near a thistle. My guess is that she will lay her eggs on the thistle because it is usually coated in aphids.

Large hoverfly Volucella zonaria on Margeurite

Hoverfly in flight - strong natural light

Hoverfly - Helophilus trivittatus

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. on potentilla

Hoverfly - Meliscaeva auricollis