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I was taking photos of a weigela bush when I spotted this hoverfly, so I turned my attention to it. I suppose this is my first outdoor insect photo of 2025!

A maize calligrapher fly in the garden for Fly Day Friday - HFDF!

Taking a break from pollinating in the aster patch...

Lots of flies and bees in the aster patch now...

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Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers (Source: Wikipedia).

HFDF!

A pair of Hovers doing their 'love thing' along Fenn Creek!

Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

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Hoverfly sunning on bramble in Chorley Lancs.

Cute, aint he?

 

One of my favorite insects to shoot.

 

Looking forward to tomorrows cool down. We hit 100 degrees for the first time since 2012 yesterday.

Hoverfly - Platycheirus albimanus

A hoverfly on Corncockle to wish you a very happy Fly Day Friday! Have a great weekend!

My first real early morning macro trip this year up on the hills overlooking where I live.

 

It was more difficult than I had hoped when looking for insects to photograph and eventually found this hoverfly which I am still trying to confirm the full id.

 

The curly strands on the dead plant are strands of wool from the sheep that are grazing the hill.

 

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Hoverfly on blackthorn flower at Chorley Lancs.

Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods.

I do like the challenge of capturing hoverflies on my camera. So much easier when they land on something, like this poppy here.

 

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Hornet mimic hoverfly resting on leaf at Chorley, Lancs.

Hoverfly

 

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Haven't seen many hoverflies in my garden this summer.

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum, a female.

Hoverfly Macro. I have been advised it is not a Bee. Duly corrected!

 

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Hoverfly on a pink Achillea in my garden last weekend.

Hoverfly, I like them when they have these stripes and then the patterns.

Just a hoverfly on a flower!

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Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies

Hoverfly seen at close quarters in the Abbey Fields, Halesowen West Midlands UK - 27-08-24

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