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This was attracted to the fennel growing in my garden. Please can anyone assist with a positive identification.

Early morning photo adventure today! ✨ Managed to capture some close-ups of Syrphidae (hoverflies).

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. Natural light. Highdown gardens Worthing.

Hoverfly on a twig (camellia). Focus stacked using zerene

A few hoverflies about this morning in the sun but we've seen very few this year.

Hoverfly on toadflax flower at Chorley, Lancs.

a male syrphid (hoverfly) (Diptera: Syrphidae) resting on a small dried flower

 

ID: Sphaerophoria sp

 

Nikon 105mm f2.8 + 27.5 mm extension tube

Shottisham, Suffolk, 3 February 2020

A hoverfly on cosmos flower in our Staffordshire garden this morning. I'm not very good with hoverflies; but this could be Helophilus pendulus. The black on the hind tibia is restricted to the distal third.

A stack of 200 images taken using a stackshot rail and put together with zerene stacker. magnification 5x

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. egg-laying. Natural light

Hoverfly - Highdown gardens. Natural light. Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly taken in the garden

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on a Potentilla flower . Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on marguerite. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on sage leaf. Helophilus pendulus. Focus stacked using zerene

This hoverfly was photographed on a buddleia flower in our garden. Syrphus vitripennis is a fairly widespread in Britain and frequents a wide range of habitats. It can be found from March to November peaking slightly in May, but is most abundant in July and August. It is also a noted migrant.

 

The larvae feed on aphids and are considered a useful garden species for this reason.

Hoverfly on lawn weed. Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Smile on Saturday - Uniflona

Hoverfly on miniature pine. Natural light. Syrphus torvus

First venture out with the Olympus 300mm. E-M1/300mm + 1.4x TC.

 

Press L for a larger and nicer view :-)

Hoverfly in Alexandra Park, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland

Just buzzing about in t'sunbeams

 

Same tiny hoverfly on colorful tickseed bloom on a rare sunny afternoon. Handheld so not quite perfect focus. Hoping to go back again whenever we get more sun, rainy today.

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. male on ox-eye daisy leaf

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on crocus. Focus stacked using zerene

Today's back garden safari... hoverflies! Very tricky to photograph - they're tiny, they don't stay still for long, don't come close and it's hard to get a focus on them. Going to stick with birds from now on ...

Some color for a change. Maybe too much color? ...naaaaah.

 

It's a hoverfly, flower fly and syrphid fly at the same time. Depends who you ask, but it's an insect from the family of syrphidae. More closer I don't know but please tell me if You do!

  

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Hoverfly Volucella zonaria female on a camellia leaf. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly portrait. Myathropa florea. Using a Yonguo MT-24Ex flash.

Hoverfly on the compost bin lid. Air temp 1.5'C. Focus stacked using zerene

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