Hoverfly on ground elder, Cheilosia sp. Natural light

Hoverfly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup

Hoverfly in margeurite- heliophilus sp.

Beautiful looking hoverfly

Quite a few of these Helophilus hoverflies in our Staffordshire garden at the moment. There seem to be (to my untrained eye), several different species. These have much paler thoracic stripes to some of the others. Can anyone confirm the species?

Helophilus Pendulus

02-05-2017

RSPB Otmoor SP570126

Research suggests Eupeodes latifasciatus

Hoverfly larva on ox-eye daisy flower bud. Focus stacked using zerene

Morfa Berwig

Hoverfly on my camera support pole. Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Focus stacked using zerene

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Hoverfly Volucella zonaria feeding on honey/sugar syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

I went out in the garden to photograph a clematis bloom, spotted this tiny hoverfly and took this macro, then the phone rang and the rest of the day's photography took a different course.

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on lawn weed

Hoverfly on my finger lured with a bit of sugar/honey syrup. Helophilus trivittatus ? Focus stacked using zerene

Just natural light and testing the Tokina 100mm, an amazing lens for the money I think.

Hoverfly larvae in the aphids

Hoverfly #2

Marmalade hoverfly feeding on some sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on a crocus anther. Focus stacked using zerene

Taken with a 60mm macro lens + flash as the light wasn't too good & I was hand holding the camera

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly xanthogramma pedissequum

A male parhelophilus sp. seen in Norfolk

Hoverfly

Montagne de Chabre, Sisteron, France

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Volucella inanis on sea holly. Natural light

Hoverfly

Hoverfly larva pupates

hoverfly Pipizella sp. ?#Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii on lawnweed flower

Montagne de Chabre, Sisteron, France

Zweefvlieg, grumbll, weer natte voeten ;-(

Hoverfly on potentilla. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on the car number plate. Meliscaeva sp.

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens in flight over my potentilla bush. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria. 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