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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

Hoverfly sp macro

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. on ox-eye daisy

Hoverflies feeding on crocus. Focus stacked using zerene. Meliscaeva auricollis X2 plus Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly feeding on marsh woundwort at Chorley, Lancs.

Collecting nectar

The Hoverflies love the blossom on the Pittosporum Tree.

Happy Wing Wednesday!!

.Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Epistrophe elegans. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly. Natural light. These males were doing early morning territorial flights

Hoverfly, family Syrphidae on the Queen Anne's Lace floral host. Initially, I considered this as a pollinating wasp. However, after online independent evaluation (iNaturalist.com) it was deemed order Diptera (flys). Further research suggests this is one of the hoverflies. They indeed do mimic wasps and bees.

Hoverfly feeding on cow parsley at Chorley Lancs.

Hoverfly on miniature pine. Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Taken at Middleton Lakes

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on the edge of a bird bath. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. Oshiro 60mm

Hoverfly at rest on top of a lavendar flower.

 

Shot with a MP-E65mm with MT24-EX flash unit. Flash unit set on Manual mode at 1/32, both heads firing and pointed off from the subject.

 

Trying to get used to this new equipment isn't easy as I have NO understanding of how to properly use this flash, even after reading the manual.

 

If anyone can kindly point me in the direction of some online literature and/or tutorial sites which will explain how to use this flash in a NON studio setting, I'd much appreciate it.

 

Ta

John

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on blackberry leaf Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light

The marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout all continents.

Like most hoverflies, it mimics a much more dangerous insect, the solitary wasp, though it is a quite harmless species. The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands. Two further identification characters are the presence of secondary black bands on the third and fourth dorsal plates and faint greyish longitudinal stripes on the thorax.

The marmalade hoverfly can be found throughout the year in various habitats, including urban gardens, visiting flowers for pollen and nectar. They often form dense migratory swarms, which may cause panic among people for their resemblance to wasps. It is among the very few species of flies capable of crushing pollen grains and feeding on them. The larva is terrestrial and feeds on aphids.

As in most other hoverflies, males can be easily identified by their holoptic eyes, i.e., left and right compound eyes touching at the top of their heads.

 

De pyjamazweefvlieg of dubbelbandzweefvlieg of (in Vlaanderen) snorzweefvlieg of cocacolazweefvlieg (Episyrphus balteatus) is een insect uit de familie zweefvliegen (Syrphidae).

De wat opmerkelijke Nederlandse naam, pyjamazweefvlieg, dankt deze vlieg aan de tekening; een gele basiskleur met een wat complexe, maar regelmatige zwarte strepentekening dwars op het achterlijf. Deze bestaat uit drie zwarte banden met daaronder een vaak onderbroken, dunnere en ietwat V-vormige streep. De bovenste band is meestal versmolten met de driehoekige streep erboven. Het borststuk is zwartbruin en glanzend, en heeft een lichtere, meestal gele 'uitstulping' aan de achterzijde.

De ogen zijn rood van kleur en de lengte is 7 tot 12 millimeter.

De pyjamazweefvlieg leeft van nectar en stuifmeel van bloemen en er worden meerdere plantensoorten bezocht. Deze soort komt in grote delen van Europa voor, maar ook in Noord-Afrika, Noord-Amerika en in Azië. In Nederland en België is de pyjamazweefvlieg algemeen, en komt overal voor waar veel bloemen en bladluizen zijn. Deze soort is erg populair in de tuinbouw, omdat de larven vraatzuchtige belagers van bladluizen zijn.

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On Oriental Lily.

Hoverfly. Melanostoma mellinum. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Hoverfly visitor. Scaeva pyrastri feeding on Hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly .Syrphidae

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus hovering around some french lavender flowers

Hoverfly on the Ageratum flowers at Arley Hall. We'd hoped to see some butterflies on the beautiful herbaceous borders there - but only saw white ones.

Having a breather on a flower bud.

Hoverfly larva X2 on blackberry leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Small hoverfly. Strong natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on camellia leaf feeding on some honey sugar syrup

Hoverfly @ Middleton park ,leeds

Macro capture of the Hoverfly, drinking some water.

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light

Hoverfly. Think it's Epistrophe grossulariae

Hoverfly. GX8 w/P100-300mm + Raynox DCR-250, at 300mm, f/14, 1/250, iso 200, flash

 

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