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Taken in my garden in Wigan, Lancs. Using my new Sigma 105mm macro lens was able to magnify the insects enough to see the amazing detail you just wouldn't be able to see with the naked eye. I love macro!
In mom's garden.... So many species of hoverflies (also known as flower flies), I can't tell them apart.
Hoverfly sitting on the petal of Gerbera. They are speedy little things and appear to be able to be both coming and going at the same time!
+1 in comments with a bit more indication of scale
ODC Theme "coming and going"
A common hoverfly, probably "Syrphus ribesii" feeding on the nectar of Echinops (globe thistle. Dronfield, Derbyshire
Hoverfly Meliscaeva sp. on camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/23861725795/ for a 3D version
Hoverfly (Syrphidae) larva, possibly Meligramma triangulifera, on birch (Betula). Holme Fen National Nature Reserve, Holme, Cambridgeshire. Sunday 28th January 2018.
Side view of the same specimen as the previous image, showing its highly flattened body profile. The appendages at the left (rear) end are the breathing tubes, or posterior respiratory process (PRP). I don't know how other people feel about these larvae, but personally I find it difficult to warm towards any creature that breathes through its backside...