Hoverfly on a dandelion

San Francisco, CA

One of 2 today in wet meadow in Jersey

Hoverfly on Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)

I've rejigged this which is one of my favourite photographs, cropped it a little more & sharpened the image slightly. Helophilus pendulus on Mesembryanthemum HWW!

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica

Hoverfly on begonia in the greenhouse

There are over 280 species of British hoverflies. I "think" this is Episyrphus balteatus, but please correct me if I'm wrong!

A hoverfly over a black eyed Susan in a sunny day. This is the time to post photos of insects and butterflies, soon we'll be posting everything orange, brown and yellow, at least here... Fall is coming.

a different version of my hoverfly the other one has black background this one has green bokeh.

Hoverfly on verbena flowers at Chorley Lancs.

Hoverfly on cuckoo flower at Chorley, Lancs.

Extreme macro of head of Hoverfly . The 3 extra small eyes can be seen on the top of the head

Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly and Common Carder Bee

Taken near Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Hoverfly in my wild garden having a spot of lunch!

Zweefvlieg.

This image was taken in the early morning at East Harptree Woods in Somerset on the 20th April 2013.

Finally managed to get out with the camera, work and weather had been conspiring against me!

There were quite a few of these big Hoverflies about when the sun was up, but quite difficult to spot when looking for one that had settled the previous night, surprising little else about too!

Best viewed very large.

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Hoverfly on potentilla. Hope everyone has a very HFDF and a great weekend :)

Hoverfly crawling up a fern.

Drone fly

This is a 4x magnification of a hoverfly.

Hoverfly, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

If anyone can help with an ID for this hover seen on Alexanders in Gunners Park, Shoeburyness that would be great! (But I think there may not be enough identifying features visible for a positive ident.)

Hoverfly, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

Female Eristalinus sepulchralis on soft rush flowers. HFDF and have a great weekend! :)

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on hebe. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on Zinnia

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Hoverfly on allium flower. Melanostoma scalare I think.

Hoverfly eating refractions. Not seen this trick before- think the droplets are aphid honeydew drops that have been caught in a spider's web underneath the aphids. This hoverfly was obviously enjoying them

This is a very common Hoverfly, doing what it is supposed to do !!

They should be encouraged in the garden as they are such useful pollinators and pest controllers.

Hoverfly - Cleethorpes.

Hoverfly macro

A hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii I think?) on a glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) in my yard. I quite liked this photo because I never noticed before how odd syrphus tongues are! It looks like a cartoon vacuum.