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I managed to get this while walking the dogs this morning - a patch of thistles on the main road back up to the village and an obliging little hoverfly, not sure which species it is - I will have to do some rearch on that.
edit: I should have remembered, it is Helophilus Pendulus more commonly known as a sunfly. Looking this up just now I found out that the scientific name means 'dangling marsh-lover'. 😀
This nice hoverfly (not wasp) went astray from the flowers right into my open photography bag (charging cable). I gently guided it outside, so that it didn't get caught in there.
The lower right triangle has a right angle and the hoverfly is almost forming a 180 degree angle with the cable.
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I found this hoverfly larva `rambling' on our compost bin.
A single shot, taken with my MP-E 65mm lens, at about 1.5x magnification, in natural light.
I'm not sure if I got the colour quite right in post-processing; the larva seemed a bit more green to my eye! (The difference in colour might also be because of the lighting, because in this shot, the larva was being strongly backlit at the front end, while the back end was in shadow.)
I'm also not sure which hoverfly species this larva belongs to; I do have a book on IDing the larvae, but I gave up! :D... but I'll hazard a very rough guess at: Epistrophe eligans.
For info: the head is to the left; the red `bump' at the rear is a breathing tube.
Amorous Hoverflies in my yard in Chester County, Pa.
These are very small insects so this is probably two times life-size.
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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!
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.
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.
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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