Hoverfly portrait

Hoverfly sunning at Chorley, Lancs.

Maple Lodge NR , UK

Hoverflys in the garden

Zweefvlieg

Hoverfly larva on the underside of a blackberry leaf covered in aphids. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly feeding on crocus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans on Mollis azalea

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on lawn weed

Hoverfly on camellia leaf.

Hoverfly visitor. Scaeva pyrastri feeding on Hebe. Natural light

These were feasting on a poppy in my garden this morning.

Hoverfly

I think the reflection is Richmond Castle

I think this is a Hoverfly, spotted at High Beeches Gardens in Sussex

hoverflies on the flower of a thistle

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus guarding the bird bath. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on ground elder Cheilosia sp.

Hoverfly feeding on my astrantia flowers.

Hoverfly on daffodil. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Natural light

Hoverflies ( known in America as Flower Flies ) belong to a large family of small to big flies. They are true flies with only one pair of wings ( Wasps and bees have two pairs)

This Hoverfly is gathering nectar from a Spanish Needle Flower in the vacant lot next door.

The little guy, is some kind of Non-Biting Midge.

Lake Wales, Florida.

In-flight shot. Camera hand held. Exposure time 1/6400 second, -1.0 EV.

Hoverfly macro

on some cow parsley in our garden

Strangways, Vic

Hoverfly on flower petal. Natural light

Hoverfly on lavender

Raynox DCR 250 handheld

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on potentilla. Natural light

Usually common although this year no Hoverflies seem to be very common. Numbers are well down on last year. I find it hard to recognise and remember species.

In my garden Stafford UK 27th June 2012

Hoverfly feeding on crocus flower. Focus stacked using zerene. Using a canon 60mm EF-s macro lens with 65mm of ext tubes

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on dead twig. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene.

Didea fasciata

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on a Japanese anemone flower. Focus stacked using zerene stacker

Hoverflies, also 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

I prefer flowers that have insects on them.

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica, a very welcome infrequent visitor to the garden. Focus stacked using zerene

A studio stack of 65 images

focus step 0.09mm

stackshot rail

zerene stacker

canon 5Dmkii

mp-e65 lens at 2x f5

Hoverfly Volucella pellucens. Fill flash. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus enjoying some sugar/honey syrup on a camellia leaf.