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I always enjoy shooting hoverflies when they hover in the sun with a dark background. Great practice with focus, and getting close without spooking them.
A triptych I've put together from a series of photos of insects in flight, a photographic challenge that my camera club put to the membership last spring.
Hoverfly
This interesting fly species has the appearance of a wasp, but this is only mimicry. In flight, as in this photo, one can hardly see its wings, which flutter at up to 300 Hertz! So it often gives the impression of hovering in the air, i.e. standing!
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.
Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) is one of our most common hoverflies. It is also one of the first out in the spring and last in the autumn.
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Episyrphus balteatus, the marmalade hoverfly, probably a female, a relatively small hoverfly in the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout Europe, North Asia and North Africa, with some other wildlife as well. Thanks to Leapfrog (Art) for the identification.
f/16 ISO 100 1/60 Pentax 100mm Pentax K-5
Sat in the garden, enjoying the sunshine, when this Hoverfly came hovering in front of me.
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This hoverfly kept returning to the same leaf, then moving up into the air near. Got out the trusty 200mm macro (manual focus) and started shooting. Got a few keepers out of the session.
Hoverfly on the wildflower
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Episyrphus balteatus is a small hoverfly widespread in Europe, North Africa and North America. In Central Europe it is one of the most common hoverflies.
Hello All!
It is time for my annual rant!
Dandelions are a very early and important source of nutrition for our pollinators. In fact, one year I spotted a Ruby-throated Hummingbird nectaring on a dandelion! So please think twice about ridding your property of them. After all, weeds are only misplaced flowers!
Enough of my rant .... This is the first Hoverfly that I've spotted this year. Now with spring into full bloom, I'm sure there will be lots of bugs and bees to photograph!
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Hoverfly
I had a lot of fun discovering the insect world thru the Tamron90mm f2.8 lens this past year. This lens in general is amazing- one minute I'm taking photos of my cat, the next I'm getting up close and personal with the insects!!
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The Hoverflies are really loving the flowers on the Jade plant. I love how this one was holding on while 'licking' the pollen with its tongue.
Happy Fly Day Friday!
Feeding on one of our Coreopsis 'Zagreb' flowers this past summer. I used the Selective Color technique in my processing here.
There are many species of Hoverflies (6,000!) and most, like this one, mimic stinging bees to ward off predators.
Hover-fly ( Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on Hoary plantain flowers (Plantago media). Bath Skyline walk, Claverton, England.