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One of my favorite phone pictures ever. Found 5 feet outside my back door on a cold September day.
Shot on Pixel 4a with macro addon lens
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'.
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.
This hoverfly is a great bumblebee mimic. I found this one feeding on Green Alkanet along the roadside in Hunmanby, North Yorkshire.
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.
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 .
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!
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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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.
With an autofocus camera and the erratic movement of these insects, my photo attempts contain no insect and are mostly out of focus stems and foliage. But I flail away, poking my camera at them and clicking. Then I got this frame. I guess something clicked...
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!
Hoverflies are hugely important as pollinators; they tend to eat pollen more than nectar. There are well over 250 species in the UK and study of the potential economic impact of the general loss of insect biomass on pollination of crops has been mostly focused on bees. The larvae of many hoverflies are also beneficial as they eat pests such as aphids.
Long hoverfly (Sphoaerophoria scripta) drinking nectar from hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) flower.
Kuliboda Å‚Ä…kowa (Sphaerophoria scripta) pijÄ…ca nektar z kwiatu stulisza lekarskiego (Sisymbrium officinale).
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?
Hoverfly
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