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Hoverfly / Eristalinus arvorum, Delhi Garden Park, India

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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A hoverfly, at about fifteen feet, obligingly holding a relatively stable hover in the garden; he was prone to sudden side-slipping though, and I got several shots of blue sky.

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

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

Walking past a load of overgrown brambles I spotted this little hoverfly (not sure of the species) among all the bees visiting the flowers.

Hoverfly caught in the clutches of a sundew. Remarkable how efficient these plants are. The prey is not always wrapped like this - it depends upon size and point of capture.

hoverfly sweating amongst the flowers

A Hoverfly doing what they do, hovering!

 

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris - Highdown, feeding on buddleia. Natural light

Hoverfly on ox-eye daisy. Sphaerophoria sp.

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Nice Hoverfly resting on a little Daisy in the garden.

Hoverfly on camellia leaf. Xanthandrus comtus

Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii?).

Airfield, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland

I am always open to correction/confirmation of ID!

Marmalade hoverfly. Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly / Eristalis sp, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Hoverfly on a Hydrangea at Dunham Massey gardens yesterday.

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly. Natural light

Xylota segnis is a widespread and abundant hoverfly, with distinctively coloured legs which also have spines on the underside of hind femur. It favours woods, hedgerows and even gardens. It can be found from April to November, peaking in June and July. It breeds in rotting dead wood but also in wet sawdust.

 

Since the larvae are saprophytic in rotting wood the adults are generally found associated with woodland and woodland edges and can often be seen running over the upper sides of leaves. They rarely visit flowers preferring instead to gather pollen from leaf surfaces.

  

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus hovering around some french lavender flowers

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on lawn weed

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris - Highdown, feeding on buddleia. Natural light

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on Japanese anemone flower. Focus stacked using zerene

On a Rose in Dundee today.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus clour matching a mollis azalea flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

hoverfly in the forest

Eating pollen off a sage flower.

Hoverfly on bottlebrush flower. Melanostoma scalare I think.

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