Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Hoverfly larva panorama X2. Focus stacked using zerene. Stitched using MS ICE

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

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on Euphorbia flower

Hoverfly

Hoverfly on bottlebrush flower

hoverfly infront of bellflower

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects. -Wikipedia

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

Hoverfly Scaeva Pyrastri uk

Hoverfly on leaf. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

In Mizuho Town, Tokyo

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In my wildflower garden

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on my finger. It was happy to sit on my finger to warm up. Focus stacked using zerene

A Hoverfly enjoy the lovely flower.

Hoverfly Syrphus sp.

Hoverfly feeding on camelia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Possibly Melanstoma (scalare) - Still early in the season but a bright sunny day.

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Hoverfly on weed flower

Hoverfly. Xanthandrus comtus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) one of several species around the garden on nice sunny summer days

A small cold hoverfly, spotted this hoverfly on my Euphorbia blossoms looking a bit miserable. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens. Swords Town Park, Dublin, Ireland

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/38892803075/ for a 3D version

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly feeding on euphorbia

There were many of these hoverflies dancing in the sunshine beneath the trees. This one, though, seems to have had some damage to her eye. (Maybe that is why I could get close enough to take a photo!)

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Thanks for your visits and comments - all are much appreciated. As are corrections to ID if i have got it wrong!

Taken at Middlton Lakes

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on bottlebrush leaf. Natural light

Hoverfly in my garden, chased him around for ages. Eventually got him.

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus portrait.

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri feeding on valerian

Ivinghoe Beacon ,Buckinghamshire

Hoverfly on camellia leaf

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta on ground elder. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on a sun chair. Focus stacked using zerene

July 2016

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Hoverfly Myathropa florea on Euphorbia flower

Melanostoma scalare (ID cred: Andre)

Syrphidae

Stacked from 7 mixed light (flash+natural) exposures in Helicon focus.

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