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This hoverfly is called Black-footed Drone Fly and it's a new one to me. It seems to be considerably larger than most of the hoverflies that I've encountered.
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Hoverflies have been a bit on the scanty side this year, despite the amount of blossom we have had. However, a trip to my favourite flowerbed at the Pineapple near Airth revealed some old favourites.
Eristalis sp. A quite bright one but I'd probably need a head-on view to get it down to species.
First hoverfly shot of the year and a common one on the field. Amazing how the spiders walk all over them and in this case leave threads on everything, including it's antenna!
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A Hoverfly on one of the purple flowers in my parents memorial garden. Photographed in Maryland.
Single 2:1 magnification image. Canon 80D, Canon MPE 65mm lens, diffused Canon twin flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash power set to 1/32.
I captured this hoverfly in flight near this flower. I find these flies to be interesting photo subjects and I'm glad that they only want nectar, not me! Anyway, I followed this fly for a bit as it would shy away with my movement but continued to fly to this flower after a moment or two. It is interesting to note how it holds it's legs while flying to create less drag.
I'm thinking this may be Syrphus ribesii. If anyone knows for sure, please let me know. Thanks!
Taken 5 August 2017 at Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska.
Our tiny garden in Kincardine was host to these today in the brilliant sunshine and two of these were first records for the year as was this one, the Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus - one of the commonest hoverflies in the UK, often augmented by large numbers of continental migrants. This is a particularly dark specimen - they are normally a lot more orange
The Poppies have been covered in insects, mainly Hoverflies. Well worth the price of a packet of seed.
Taken just as the sun was coming over the tree line at GB Gruffy nature reserve on the Mendips in Somerset.
Quite a few of these hoverflies about attracted by the large patches of devils bit scabious, but didn't have long before they became active again in the morning sun.
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Another shot of one of the many hoverflies in my PNW garden. I believe this is a male Syrphus torvus, but hoverfly ID is always a bit tricky for me! Focus stack.
I captured this hoverfly at the Alaska Botanical Gardens in Anchorage. It was distinctly different from some of the other hoverflies so I submitted it to my iPhone app iNaturalist for identification where they've identified it as Helophilus intentus.
Taken 19 July 2018 at Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska.
Another of the many hoverflies visiting my garden. I'd love ID help, but they're so tricky to figure out from one photograph. Something in the Syrphidae family, that's all I've got! :)
Probably the most common hoverfly about at this location, being a low lying damp meadow, found nearly a dozen of these on various perches. This one was starting to wake up as I was taking the images and was cleaning itself with the rear legs whist its head remained motionless.
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This hoverfly looks like a dangerous, stinging hornet but is quite harmless. This mimicry helps keep predators, such as birds away.I really like it's colour... shame it landed on the highest flower from me.
Hoverflies, also 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.