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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).
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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Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) perched on a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower.
Bzyg prążkowany (Episyrphus balteatus) siedzący na kwiecie mniszka lekarskiego (Taraxacum officinale).
Hoverfly
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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...
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.
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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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
A hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum maybe? ID help always appreciated!) visiting the gorgeous dahlias in the Point Defiance Dahlia Trial Garden in Tacoma, Washington.
A Hoverfly enjoying the Prairie Restoration area in our local park.
It sees summer will not let go. Temps in the low 90's tomorrow with heat indexes near 100!! Then a big cool down. Maybe fall will actually get here soon!
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.
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