In my garden

Lyme Regis Dorset

Lyme Regis Dorset

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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Howerfly in the my backyard on a rainy morning.

Hoverflies, having fun in the sunshine

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

..........trying out the Panasonic 200mm f2.8 + 1.4x TC. at minimum focus distance, just over 1 metre, handheld. E-M1 MKII.

Please click on pic for a larger and nicer view :-)

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.

On a Yellow Pink

Hoverfly feeding on cow parsley

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.

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding directly on a crocus anther. Focus stacked using zerene

In my garden today.

Lyme Regis Dorset.

Never seen this before ,the hove fly above came down and picked up the egg . You can see in the next photo the one above carrying it .

a bit of fun trying to get a lock on these much like dragonflies just about get on them and they move

My garden is overrun with this flower. I need more variety and yet today we had 8 species of butterfly, 6 species of Hoverfly, 6 species of bee, 3 species beetles, 2 species of bugs. We also had a frog in the kitchen.

In my garden 15th July 2019 Stafford UK

hand-held

A marmalade hoverfly on a creeping potentilla flower.

Me and a Hoverfly had a stare down. He won. Do they ever blink?!?!

Hoverfly Sep 2017

I just photographed this beautifully-marked hoverfly in our Staffordshire garden. It's a species that I don't recall seeing before (I'm sure I would have remembered). I'm wondering whether is could be Leucozona lucorum?

Scaeva pyrastri

Not so many Hoverflies in the garden lately so was happy to see this one

Hoverflies can fly in bursts of up to 40km per hour.

The rat-tailed maggot is the larva of a hoverfly species, the drone fly Eristalis tenax. It lives in foetid habitats such as stagnant water, sewage and farmyard manure. To compensate for the low oxygen levels in these environments it breathes through its tail, using it like a snorkel.

Hoverfly sexes can be separated by looking at their eyes - the male's eyes meet at the top of the head, whereas the female's eyes are separated by a gap.

The Syrphid fly also known as a hoverfly or flower fly feed on flower nectar and help with pollination. They are masters of flight and have an amazing ability to adjust their wings so they can hover for long periods in one spot.

I love hoverflies and luckily for me i get plenty of them in the backyard :-)

This tiny hoverfly was feeding on the stamen of a Day Lily. It was not bothered by my presence, and continued feeding after several shots and was still there as I left.

This was taken hand-held with a Sigma 105 macro lens. The only changes I have made are a slight contrast change and crop to emphasise the hoverfly.

Whittington Park, London N19. Saturday 8 August 2015.

'Volucella zonaria, the hornet mimic hoverfly, is a European species of hoverfly. In Great Britain, it was only known from two specimens prior to 1940, so was regarded as rare. Since then, it has become increasingly widespread in many parts of the South and South East England, often in association with parks and gardens, where adults are usually seen visiting flowers. Elsewhere in England, only a few scattered records exist'.

Canon EOS R5

RF100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM

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