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May 27, 2019
The chive plant at my childhood home was in bloom. All the plants are so much ahead of ours up there.
We were there for the Memorial Weekend ceremonies and cookout.
Rockport, Massachusetts
Cape Ann - USA
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Flew into the house, caught by the dog, spat out of dogs mouth onto the carpet, licked and pawed by the dog, saved by myself and placed outside! It cleaned itself up and flew off hopefully not too traumatised by its ordeal!
Hoverfly, Austalis pulchella, Order Diptera, family Syrphidae, taken at Tolderol, Lake Alexandrina, South Australia.
The quintessential yellow and black striped hoverflies, Syrphus species are a common site in any park or garden. There are three common and widespread species in the UK, ribesii, vitripennis and torvus, whilst a fourth species, rectus, has a poorly understood distribution having recently been added to the UK list. Syrphus species have long hairs on the dorsal surface of the squama (basal segment of wing) but this can be difficult to see, leading to confusion with other species which bear moustached bands, such as Eupeodes nitens and Parasyrphus species. All Syrphus species have at least the basal half of the hind tibia yellow.
Hoverfly
My Canon RF 100 Macro arrived yesterday ( rare as hens teeth ) so had a play around with garden bugs. Not ideal conditions , windy and midday sun, so the flower was moving all over the place !
EOS R5 _ RF 100mm f2.8 Macro, taken from about 10 inches ( 1.4 mag.) 1/200 f9 iso 320 , flash ETTL. Hand held Manual focus
Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax I believe 🤔 I’m sure one of the experts on here will correct me if I’m wrong 😂
Hoverflies, as their name, incredibly good at flying and hovering. The adults feed on nectar and pollen.
I'm not sure about the ID so let me know if I've got this wrong.
I'm behind again after another busy week :( will try to catch up over the next day or two.
In the meantime HFDF and have a great weekend! :)
Thanks to Roger for confirming the ID.
Flies in the family Syrphidae are commonly known as hoverflies, flower flies, or syrphid flies.
As their common names suggest, 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.
About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals despite their mimicry of the black and yellow stripes of wasps, which serves to ward off predators.
best viewed LARGE:
Hoverfly in flight - Episyrphus balteatus in flight over a lace hydrangea bloom. Not sure why but the wings came out with rather good definition
Our local wood, Kent, UK
Members of this Hoverfly group are quite distinctive through the grey bars on the thorax, with its often brassy looking abdomen, and the distinctive dark marks on the wings. F. cuprea is described as being widespread, but rarely abundant.