The rose bushes were cropped yesterday so we should be getting new growth and little critters in a month or two.. Happy Fly Day Friday, Everybody!!/b>

Hoverfly on hawthorn flower at Chorley Lancs.

Hoverfly on camellia leaf Episyrphus balteatus

There were lots of hoverflies enjoying the sun and getting a good feed in

Hoverfly on Mimulus bedding plant

First time visitor ,to my garden , UK

This is a 4x magnification of a hoverfly.

Hoverfly on Welsh Poppy seedhead

Hoverfly macro

Hoverfly

A few bugs and butterflies from the past few days.

#2 Hoverfly

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.

This new species to the Channel Islands was spotted thanks to Paul Brock and of course I could not resist getting some shots of it too!

On Poplar on west coast of Jersey 13.05.2023

On sunny or warm days in May the cistus shrub is buzzing with the sound of bumble bees and honey bees. This hoverfly was silent... (well I couldn't hear him).

Canon EOS 5DS R

TAMRON 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010

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As usual I was so focussed on the hoverfly I didn't notice the greenfly further up the stem!

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.

Zweefvlieg.

Hoverfly in my garden.

On Oriental Lily.

HOVERFLY ( Also known s Marmalade fly ) tHIS LITTLE CHAP WAS VERY BUSY IN MY GREENHOUSE KEEPING THE BEES OFF HIS SUPPLY OF NECTAAR BY DIVING AT THEM.

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Hoverfly feeding on eyrisimum flowers at Chorley Lancs.

Pleased to see this one today in Jersey as is a locally scarce species

Hoverfly , Sai Kung, Hong Kong

Taken at Middleton Lakes

Light creating rainbow colours in the hoverfly's wing.

Hoverfly portrait X2. Focus stacked using zerene. Scaeva selenitica

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At least I think it's a hoverfly, although I haven't been able to nail the species down. Any expert opinions?

Santa Rosa, California, June 2017.

This hoverfly was on the flowers of our Crassula ovata and has been identified on Bowerbird as Episyrphus alternans.

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus. Focus stacked using zerene

Sitting on a yarrow flower

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Hoverfly and Common Carder Bee

Lovely to see this hoverfly in my garden yesterday - Epistrophe eligans I believe, but I am happy to be corrected!

Hoverfly, Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

Hoverfly