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My Catanache caerulea finally opened yesterday morning and were immediately swamped with hoverflies. These beautiful small flowers are known as "Blue Cupidone" and close up quite quickly when the sunshine disappears.
... hovering above Nemesias in my garden.
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This hoverfly is probably a female Syrphus ribesii - the species doesn't have a common name. 8 June 2023. Ealing, London, England, UK.
Nectaring on flowers of lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula.
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Again i think these are some kind of hoverfly. First time i have seen them breeding. Hope this isn't too rude lol.
This amazing wasp-mimicking hoverfly was feeding on one of our Bacopa plants. It is obviously keen on it, as it spent ages flying around and then feeding on the many individual flowers.
The plant is a ground cover which I have in a broad shallow pot, and it attracts native bees and small butterflies as well.
Hoverflies, also called flower flies, are a large and important group of pollinators and the most numerous of the pollinating flies. There are more than 6,000 species, including many that mimic bees for protection. 7 artisans 60mm f2.8 macro @ 2.8
This hoverfly, Rhingia campestris has a remarkable snout, which protects its rod like proboscis (specialised mouthparts). This fly’s proboscis is exceptionally long for a hoverfly and enables it to reach into deeper flowers than other nectar feeding flies. (In this photograph, it will reach the bottom of this flower.) When not in use, the proboscis is folded up and is stored in a groove on the underside of the snout.
Here the fly is nectaring on a wallflower. The fly feeds on nectar and pollen, but there are considerable differences in the relative amounts of pollen and nectar eaten by individual flies. Pollen, a rich protein source, is required most by females, particularly during those stages of egg development when the yolk is formed. Nectar, which is mainly carbohydrate, is required in large amounts by males, and is required by females before and after egg production. The larval stage lives and feeds on dung!
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