Hoverfly on Mint, not only me enjoyes the smell of the mint.

I think this one really is a hoverfly, but let me know if I'm wrong again! As I sit listening to the rain pounding on the roof of my study, I realise I probably won't be doing any garden photography today, and I found this one that I'd discarded from a few days ago. I discarded it because there was a tiny reflection off the hoverly's body of the ring light I had attached to the camera. Today's heavy rain gave me an incentive to zoom in and edit it out ;-)

Syrphus ribesii

The wonderfully named Marmalade Hoverfly feeding in a meadow between the showers

A hoverfly at Hillier Gradens, not sure which species.

On a flower along the Broad Walk at Kew Gardens.

It was a changeable day weatherwise yesterday but during one of the sunny breaks I spotted this hoverfly.

Day 24 submission for April 2017 - a month in 30 pictures

One more shot of an autumn Hoverfly. Usually don't see these this late in the year. We still have some flowers left in the garden and I'm still picking tomatoes! Near 80 tomorrow.

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Hoverfly on a sun chair. Focus stacked using zerene

Powerstock Common Dorset

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A hoverfly of Syrphus rubseii or Syprhus vitripennis hovering in a wooded area of Hounslow Heath. At 500mm focal length at f/7.1, and a distance to subject of only 1.3 metres, the depth of field was only one milimetre in extent. The hoverfly itself is ten times longer than this, meaning only the compound eyes are in sharp focus, and the individual ommatidia (the individual units that make up the eye) can be seen.

I wasn't carrying a macro lens today (it's December for goodness' sake!) so I had to shoot this unexpected hoverfly with the big tele-zoom. Luckily it focuses pretty close and the light was good. It's one of a group of similar-looking hoverflies in the Syrphidae family, either Epistrophe or Syrphus sp.

Hoverfly, possibly Mallota cimbiciformis.

We had a nice warm and sunny day today and the flowers were buzzing with hoverflies and bees. This one agreed to pose for a picture for me ;-) Have a great evening everyone!

In my garden

Lyme Regis Dorset

Flowering Ivy attracts these pollinators

Lyme Regis Dorset

Taken at Barton Marina

Howerfly in the my backyard on a rainy morning.

Hoverfly-Taiwan

This hoverfly was first recorded in Jersey last year but already this year we have recorded 11 adults so appears to be expanding well here.

Taken at #RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

Hoverflies, having fun in the sunshine

A hoverfly - Syrphidae sp., but exact species identification welcomed - sitting on a leaf in a tree at the Montreal Botanical Garden in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The background is the back side of the next leaf - the leaves were curled and much paler on the underside, and the hoverfly was on the far side of the leaf it is sitting on.

Pentax D-FA 100mm F/2.8 WR Macro, plus Raynox DCR250 and diffused Godox V850ii flash. Significant crop (~17.5MP) to 16:10 aspect ratio. Single frame.

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Hoverfly feeling a little peckish perhaps.

Episyrphus balteatus (female), with an eye for some fennel flowers.

Thanks again to aecm1 for the ID.

Lyme Regis Dorset

From almost two years ago. I'm looking forward to the coming Spring.

I'm a bit pushed for time today so will catch up as I can.

Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!

This hoverfly carefully stepped over water droplets as it walked along a daylily leaf.

Not a bee! This is actually a hoverfly, a completely harmless fly that mimics the yellow-and-black look of bees and wasps to scare off predators.

These hoverflies are regular visitors to my garden throughout Spring, Summer and Autumn.

Hoverfly

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Apo-Macro-Elmarit-TL 60mm F2.8 ASPH

Hoverfly feeding on cow parsley

Hoverfly - Cleethorpes.

Yesterday morning there was some rain still present on the grass as I got a closer look at the tiny hoverflies. It looks like they have plenty to eat.

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; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) 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.

Size range

8 mm - 20 mm

Similar Species

Hover flies are wasp and bee mimics

Distribution

Hover flies are found throughout Australia.

Habitat

Hover flies live in urban areas.

...... It was hovering close to plants and flowers....Very hard task to nail the Depth of Field here....

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Hoverfly - Cleethorpes.