Hoverfly Volucella zonaria

Hoverfly on Japanese anemone. Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Hoverfly in the "studio". I temporarily kidnapped this hoverfly from outside and fed it some sugar/honey to keep it busy whilst I took some shots. Focus stacked using zerene. I did release it where I trapped it.

Hoverfly larva on honeysuckle leaf. Focus stacked using zerene. Probably Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly Syrphus sp.

Hoverfly Cheilosia sp.

I think either Platycheirus scutatus or Melanostoma scalare ("Chequered Hoverfly")

Hoverfly on Valerian. Natural light

Hoverfly on a leaf. Cheilosia sp.

Not sure which hoverfly this is? (Volucella inanis)

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly on Euphorbia flower

Hoverfly

Hoverfly identification can be tricky and a photograph often helps....but only if the key features are recorded.

Without an image of the legs of this hoverfly, positive identification is not possible. It's either Syrphus ribesii or S. vitripennis. (School boy error!)

Sweden

Heliophilus pendulas (I think!) - hoverfly - Malahide, Dublin, Ireland.

Hoverfly Baccha elongata. These like patrolling in shade. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly

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

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Haggerston, Northumberland.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on a mission. She then got closer to ground level. The wasp nest entrace is top right

Hoverfly having a wing clean on a miniature pine tree. Natural light

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly seen in Cornfield Meadows.

Lee Valley

July 2011

Hoverfly in flight

Who would guess the hoverfly starts out as an aphid-eating blob? I think I got the hind end - but as far as I can tell the front end isn't much to look at either!

Found near the pond at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Syrphid Fly larva (Syrphidae) on bugguide: bugguide.net/node/view/1177564

Hoverfly Volucella inanis on sea holly. Natural light.

Hoverfly feeding on camellia flower. Focus stacked using zerene

This hoverfly is also known as the 'Marmalade hoverfly' and is widespread throughout the UK and Europe. This one was in our North MK garden.

Hoverfly Epistophe eligans. Focus stacked using zerene

a Cheilosia illustrata hoverfly on the hogweed at the side of Pebsham Lane

Mobile Phone Macro

Hoverfly

Hoverfly on bottlebrush flower

hoverfly infront of bellflower

An abundance on so many flowers

Hoverfly on top of the leaf. Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Natural light

Sometimes described as a bumblebee mimic but it was just the hairiness of it that first caught my eye.

I'm having a pretty good year for hoverflies in the garden with lots like this one that I have never noticed before now.

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Hoverfly Scaeva Pyrastri uk

Hoverfly on leaf. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

In Mizuho Town, Tokyo

瑞穂町の花多来里の郷で

This is Arnold, he is a hoverfly. We met on a nearby leaf and he let me take his photo, when I asked nicely.

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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