Hoverfly on an iris petal in light rain. View on black.

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta on margeurite

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly on log

Hoverfly taken in bright sun using flash.

Trying to see if a cheap 2ND filter helps reduce the strong sun exposure which gives ugly specular highlights giving the diffused flash a chance to light the subject. Normally with these settings the flash output would be minimal.

It does seem to help.

Eupeodes luniger

Hoverfly Myathropa florae portrait. Found this in the kitchen doing the normal trick of trying to fly through a window pane. Trapped it- gave it a drop of honey and waited for it to settle and feed before doing some shots and then releasing it outside

Hoverfly on blackberry flower. Full flash at ISO1600

Hoverfly (Allograpta obliqua), on a Skeleton Plant flower (Lygodesmia texana). Adults feed on nectar while their larvae feed on aphids.

Definitely best viewed large.

Raynox DCR-150 mounted on my Panasonic FZ8.

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 on crocus

Hoverfly feeding on azalea pollen. Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. on Japanese anemone

Hoverfly Meredon equestris on hebe. Natural light

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

This wasp look-alike insect is completely harmless. Seen here displaying its unique mouth-piece superbly adapted for nectaring at flowers and plants. Noticed its tongue stretched almost the entire length of its body in order to reach for the nectar deep inside the interior of the flower. In human term, if you got such a long apparatus you probably have the benefit of sucking your friend's soup (sitting 2 tables away) dry before he even had noticed.

I wonder how and where he stored his lengthy apparatus.

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Size : approx 12mm

@dairy farm, sg

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 Melanostoma scalare

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus. Strong natural light. First of the year

Hoverfly on acer- Platycheirus albimanus Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on margeurite

Hoverfly feeding on azalea pollen. Syrphus torvus

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

Sikorsky Hoverfly 1 (Sikorsky R-4). The Hoverfly 1 was the British version of the American Sikorsky R-4. Significant as the world's first mass produced helicopter, it was also the initial helicopter type to enter RAF service. Developed from the Sikorsky VS-300, the R-4 first flew on 14 January 1942 and production totalled 131. R-4s pioneered virtually every aspect of rotary winged flying and paved the way for effective use of helicopters worldwide.

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on marguerite. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe