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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.
Dronefly hoverfly feeding on a crocus.
Unfortunately the first crocuses in flower in my garden are in the shade and not attracting any bugs so I cheated by picking a flower and placing it on a sunny camellia bush. It quickly attracted a drone fly
Hoverfly Eumerus funeralis on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene. The hover got fed up with me disturbing it and hopped on to my finger to warm up.
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 Episyrphus balteatus feeding on a Japanese anemone flower. Focus stacked using zerene stacker
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
Very wet day today but garden wanted it! Looking for something to post I found this fairly scarse variety of Hoverfly not posted before. Fairly scarse species but recorded in many southern areas. Taken in June 2 years ago
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, 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 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 stinging wasps and bees, which wards off predators.
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185/365 -Around the house - Day 185
Hoverfly feeding on a gerbera flower. Focus stacked using zerene. As an extension to putting open crocus flowers in a sunny camellia bush, I tried putting a cut gerbera flower on the bush. I carefully put some spots of sugar/honey syrup on the flower. A hoverfly did find the flower but promptly ignored the offered syrup in preference for the pollen