Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on an egg laying mission. Each egg is laid near an aphid colony. Hoverfly inspecting the next aphid colony before landing to lay more eggs.

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus in flight

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on kniphofia flower in our Brisbane garden.

Hoverfly feeding on azalea pollen. Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly Meredon equestris on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly on potentilla Syrphus sp. It has a rather dented thorax

Yay, it's warm today and the insects are out! I finally got to try my macro lens out on them. :)

Hoverfly larva on the i=underside of an oakbush leaf. Seems to have raided a barkfly nest

hoverfly Epistrophe nitidicollis

Hoverfly on weed flower. Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Hoverflies out in force today at Snakeholme Pit.

Hoverfly in bound on dandelion. Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Strong natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly

Species not yet identified

Benfleet, Essex

Exact species unknown

ID anybody ?

Hoverfly feeding on sugar/honey drop. Syrphus sp.

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens

Hoverfly BR7 6th June

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on margeurite

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus clour matching a mollis azalea flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverflies on lace hydrangea - Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on a miniature pine tree

Hoverfly sunning on ash tree, Brockholes, Lancs.

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on marguerite. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe

Hoverfly on daffodil (Parasyrphus punctulatus, I think) Melbourn, South Cambs [SG8 6, 52.08, 0.02]

hoverfly in mid flight

Hoverflies feeding on an pollinating fennel flowers. Photo © Chris Jeffree

I set this with a really high ISO of 6400 to get this soft grain, turned out really well I think?

View On Black and Large

Hoverfly on potentilla. Cheilosia caerulescens f

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica

Hoverfly Volucella sp on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly on marguerite- Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly, lesser bulb fly, Eumerus sp. First I've seen this year. Focus stacked using zerene

at WWT Llanelli

Drone fly hoverfly natural light

hoverfly

agapanthus

contrast

insect

nectar

Hoverfly, flower flies, or syrphid flies

insect family Syrphidae

Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow /ˈjæroʊ/ or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae

Ocyptamus fascipennis. These hoverflies are roughly 10 mm long. Photo is seriously cropped, and the depth of field could be better, but I like it, I think mostly for the wing colors.

Hoverfly feeding on miniature hebe. Focus stacked using zerene