Hoverfly feeding on sugar/honey syrup.

Hoverfly in flight. Natural light

Hoverfly on a spiderwort

Hoverfly on crocus

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens feeding on Euphorbia flowers. First I've seen this year

Taken at Branston Water Park

Hoverflies. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on Hebe. Meliscaeva sp I think

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Strong natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus in the "studio". Focus stacked using zerene. Same hoverfly as previous on finger shots. I eventually released the hover into my greenhouse which does at least have frost heating

Hoverfly - male Eupeodes sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly feeding on hebe. Meliscaeva auricollis. Focus stacked using zerene

Taken at Wolseley Centre

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ivy flowers. Natural light

A pellucid hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) on a thistle.

Hoverflies are easier to catch in flight than Bumblebees because they hover for a second or two, allowing you to gather focus...if you can lock on to them. They are very tiny!

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverflies on miniature pine. Drone fly hoverfly. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly - Helophilus pendulus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Eristalis (Eoseristalis) pertinax auf wilder Möhre (Daucus carota)

Hoverfly on potentilla

Hoverfly feeding on creeping thistle at Chorley, Lancs.

Hoverfly Syrphus sp.

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Hoverfly on honeysuckle leaf. Natural light

Hoverfly

Hoverfly X2. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum on hebe

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

A hoverfly enjoying the September warmth.

Hoverfly on a sun chair. Focus stacked using zerene

There were three interesting things waiting to be photographed at this lunch stop on the Pacific Highway north of Coolongolook. This critter was hovering in front of me as I waited for the Yellow Robin to make an appearance while the pies cooled down. The wing pattern at such a slow shutter speed was fascinating, a kind of solid of revolution.

Hoverfly on my finger...with the finger edited out. :)

Hoverfly on Dahlia Eveline

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This hover is cleaning his forelegs before moving on to the next flower. HFDF everyone!

Hoverfly in flight. Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly Myathropa florea

A hoverfly doing his pollination chores. Taken during a CT Flickr Meetup photo shoot at Bluff Point State Park, in Groton, Connecticut.

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Found this resting on some Goldenrod.

Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100 to 120 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Most are herbaceous perennial species found in open areas such as meadows, prairies, and savannas.

Taken last August a hoverfly working on a Devil's Bit Scabious flower.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on a Potentilla flower. Natural light