Hoverfly on ox-eye daisy Cheilosia sp. Natural light

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on valerian. Natural light

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus sitting on my finger

Hoverfly feeding on a strawflower (Helichrysum bracteatum)

In my garden 25th April 2011

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on Euphorbia flower

In mom's garden

Millennium Wood

Hoverfly on ground elder, Cheilosia sp. Natural light

Hoverfly Meliscaeva sp. on camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/23861725795/ for a 3D version

Hoverfly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup

Hoverfly (family Syrphidae), Doi Pui Nartional Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Hoverfly in margeurite- heliophilus sp.

Beautiful looking hoverfly

Hoverfly larva hunting aphids on a blackberry leaf

Had about 5 or 6 goes at getting this.

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 and beetle inside a flower head

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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

A long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) on a convolvulus (Convolvulus arvensis).

Hoverfly larvae in the aphids

Hoverfly #2

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Syrphus ribesii on yellow poppy.

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

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly xanthogramma pedissequum

A male parhelophilus sp. seen in Norfolk

One photographed in my garden.

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?

Montagne de Chabre, Sisteron, France

Hoverfly Volucella inanis on sea holly. Natural light

Hoverfly feeding on buttercup. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly larva pupates

More macro at the pond!

Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii on lawnweed flower

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