insect size :8mm

close up of a hoverfly head showcasing its compound eyes. Hard to imagine how this guy manage to process so much information with a head cover with eyes.

One major advantage of this design is the luxury of spare eyes. They rarely get eye-strain watching porn.

"Episyrphus balteatus" - the Marmalade hoverfly

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Platycheirus peltatus

RSBP Otmoor

SP570126

02-05-2017

Can anyone help with an ID please? Seen on a riverside walk in Suffolk near Needham market today!

syn.: Heineken hoverfly , Pinocchio hoverfly

In Dutch : Snuitvlieg

Hoverfly having a clean- then front legs

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus in flight

Hoverfly on hebe. Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly.

Hoverfly on camellia leaf

Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Eupeodes sp. ?

No crop.

East Devon

A hoverfly in flight in my London garden. Macro shot using a Canon EOS 6D. Lots of out of focus shots before this one! 21st July 2020

Hoverfly dusted with the pollen of camas - Packer Meadows

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Shottisham, Suffolk, 12 November 2020

The last of the Hoverfly shots!

Possibly long hoverfly, sphaerophoria scripta

Hoverfly hovering in the air :-)

Xanthogramma Pedissequum

Hoverfly on crocus. Eggs visible in the abdomen

Hoverfly - Syrphe - 2

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Hoverfly - Syrphe - 1

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Hoverfly on camellia flower feeding on sugar/honey syrup

Hoverfly loses it's head in potentilla flower - literally. No idea what did this. This is the back of the head. Likely to have been a wasp worker

A hoverfly feeding on a water marigold flower

Hoverfly visiting a marsh marigold in our Cheltenham garden pond.

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica

Strangways, Vic.

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica, a very welcome infrequent visitor to the garden.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus by the side of my large pond.

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on valerian

Hoverfly on camellia leaf

Helophilius Pendulus or Dangling marsh-lover

I captured the amazing detail of this tiny Hoverfly only a few mm in length on a Clematis flower in the late evening sunshine using 105 macro lens. Nature is indeed wonderful…

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Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri inbound on hebe

Male hoverfly (?Syrphus sp.)

If you zoom in you can see that he's holding onto a stamen as he feeds on the pollen (which I thought was very cute!).

Hope everyone has a very HFDF and a great weekend! :)

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica, a very welcome infrequent visitor to the garden.