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The sunlight catches the wings of a Long Hoverfly as it takes nectar from a Thistle flower.
No1 in Smoke Ring series.
The hoverfly is very common in spring. Similar in appearance to wasps because of its striped abdomen, it has no sting. And although it is a "fly", it is a great pollinator.
Not only do they hover motionless in the air, but they can move in any direction without turning their bodies.
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La mosca cernidora es muy común en primavera. Similar en apariencia debido a su abdomen rayado a las avispas, no presenta aguijón. Y a pesar de ser una "mosca" es una gran polinizadora.
No solo se suspende inmóviles en el aire, sino que pueden avanzar en cualquier dirección sin girar el cuerpo.
A hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum maybe? ID help always appreciated!) visiting the gorgeous dahlias in the Point Defiance Dahlia Trial Garden in Tacoma, Washington.
Hoverflies
The hoverflies, also known as standing flies or whirling flies, are a family of the two-winged insect order. Within this they are assigned to the flies. Around 6000 species are described worldwide,
The flying artists among the insects are the elegant hoverflies. With up to 300 wing beats per second, they can stand in the air like a hummingbird. They maneuver at lightning speed, are as fast in forward as in reverse.
Now in midsummer, the meadows have been mown for a long time, and the roadsides are also short military. There is little to get there for flower visitors. All the more traffic now prevails on the herb borders of the hedges and on fallow land. Knapweed and mallow flowers, St. John's wort, tansy and wild carrots. Beetles frolic here, butterflies flutter and bumblebees land.
Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) sipping nectar from garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) flower.
Bzyg prążkowany (Episyrphus balteatus) spijający nektar z kwiatu kosmosu pierzastego (Cosmos bipinnatus).
Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) perched on a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower.
Bzyg prążkowany (Episyrphus balteatus) siedzący na kwiecie mniszka lekarskiego (Taraxacum officinale).
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Thank you Gary for confirmation of this Hoverfly. Gary Faulkner: www.flickr.com/photos/gary-faulkner/ Identified this as a Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly) and I agree👍
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I think these are the flowers of some type of Euphorbia but I could be wrong and no, I dont know the hoverflies I.D. One day I might get good at this lol
Took at 90mm ISO 500 F/16 1/200th all natural light : )
Another experimental macro. This one shows a hoverfly (I think!) homing in on a convolvulus flower in the Wildlife Cafe this morning.
There's a bit more detail viewed large.
Our tiny garden in Kincardine was host to these today in the brilliant sunshine and two of these were first records for the year as was this one, the Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus - one of the commonest hoverflies in the UK, often augmented by large numbers of continental migrants. This is a particularly dark specimen - they are normally a lot more orange
A hoverfly busy inside a white flower. Perhaps she wanted some privacy. However, my camera was fast.
Al about hoverflies here:
www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.mic...
I didn't see too many hoverflies or bees this summer but they never fail to show up when the sedums bloom. I think it may have been because of all the smoke we were getting from the Canadian wildfires. Best viewed large.
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Some good food for the hoverfly.
I think it´s a helophilus trivittatus but I am not shure.
Feiner Asternnektar für die Schwebfliege.
Ein ziemlicher Brummer, den ich da im Prälatengarten
von Kloster Schäftlarn
zum ersten Mal gesehen habe.
ich glaube, es ist eine Große Sumpfschwebfliege - Helophilus trivittatus
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Hoverflies have been a bit on the scanty side this year, despite the amount of blossom we have had. However, a trip to my favourite flowerbed at the Pineapple near Airth revealed some old favourites.
Eristalis sp. A quite bright one but I'd probably need a head-on view to get it down to species.
There were lots of hoverflies flitting abpout my garden this afternoon but none wanted to stay still for long. This was a lucky shot, a tiny species no more than 1cm in length.
Shot 62/100x
Definitely Dreaming 28/52
I was photographing this flower in my garden when a small hoverfly appeared. The small hoverfly was then chased away by this slightly larger hoverfly!
I didn't notice until I viewed the image afterwards that there is also a tiny larva / maggot on the flower!
Sturdy, large hoverfly with a dark drawing on the thorax back that with a bit of imagination looks like a skull: two spots at the front as eyes, followed by a large, grinning spot as a mouth. Abdomen with yellow spots. The species sits on flowers and at forest edges and often fanatically chases away other (hoverflies).
The Achillea Terracotta is a beloved plant in our gardens. This is because the plant, also called 'Yarrow', blooms long-lasting and exuberantly during the summer months. The umbel-shaped flowers have a special terracotta color that turns yellow as the season progresses.
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