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This was attracted to the fennel growing in my garden. Please can anyone assist with a positive identification.
a male syrphid (hoverfly) (Diptera: Syrphidae) resting on a small dried flower
ID: Sphaerophoria sp
Nikon 105mm f2.8 + 27.5 mm extension tube
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
Same fly from yesterday (but the front end view today) View large to see that wonderful long tongue lapping up that pollen! ;0) HFDF Have a lovely day and weekend
Myathropa florea
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.
Gailes Marsh, The Scottish Wildlife Trust, Irvine, Scotland.
In the UK there are more than 250 species of hoverflies and over 6,000 worldwide.
Thats an awful lot of individual photographs you could take of this type of fly alone.
Happy weekend folks!
Cheers
Don xxx
Saw this little chap today on a walk. He wanted to scold me for being on his patch but also wanted to keep hold of that mouthful so, instead of a song or alarm call, he had to make do with muffled grunts.