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Hoverfly in flight. Natural light. Scaeva selenitica

Hoverfly resting on dead knapweed head.

Hoverfly larva. Focus stacked using zerene

أنه موسم التزاوج بين هذه الحشرات وربما يكون بين أغلبها تقريباً

 

That the mating season of these insects and may be among the most nearly

   

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Hoverfly on potentilla. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp in flight. Natural light

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In the garden, used some focus stacking here to get better detail.

Hoverfly in the garden. Feeding on some sugar/honey syrup

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Henrico County, Virginia

Shottisham Creek, Suffolk, 28 June 2019

Hoverfly on Erigeron Seciosus (Pink Jewel).

Just a few more hoverfly photos. Likely a few more yet to come. :-) Fun watching the hidden life of nature.

 

Sorry again for so many photos, no need to comment, just saving to albums.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on allium flower. Melanostoma scalare I think.

Hoverfly feeding on verbena flowers at Chorley Lancs.

Ocyptamus fascipennis, in Searight Park, Austin, 6/11/19. 10-15 mm long.

Wet Gazania with a Hoverfly?

Is it a bee that looks like a fly, or a fly that looks like a bee?

 

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A very disappointing visit!

It was a hot sunny day and I made my regular annual visit to this reserve especially to photograph black hairstreaks. Even though they had been seen her this year I didn't even glimpse one and though nationally rare they are usually east to photograph at this one location.

This hoverfly photo was just a record of my visit. ID help would be appreciated.

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on bottlebrush flower

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A stack of 145 images taken using a stackshot rail and put together with zerene stacker. magnification 1.5x

hoverfly on pond flower

The Volucella Pellucens, sometimes called the Pellucid Hoverfly, this is one of the largest flies in Britain. It has a striking ivory-white-cream band across its middle and large dark spots on its wings.

 

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies, or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

 

Aphids alone cause tens of millions of dollars of damage to crops worldwide every year; because of this, aphid-eating hoverflies are being recognized as important natural enemies of pests, and potential agents for use in biological control. Some adult syrphid flies are important pollinators.

 

About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals, despite their mimicry of more dangerous wasps and bees, which wards off predators.

Hoverflies feeding on crocus. Focus stacked using zerene. Meliscaeva auricollis

Hoverfly on the underside of a bush oak leaf. Natural light

The Large Tiger Hoverfly (Helophilus trivittatus) seen on an urban safari along part of the London Loop!

Hoverfly on camellia leaf feeding on some honey sugar syrup

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