A hoverfly on a red and yellow flower.

Hoverfly Eupeodes sp. egg laying on another aphid covered hibiscus seed pod. There's even an aphid doing handstands on top of the pod

hoverfly sitting on a giant daisy

HFDF!

Hoverfly on miniature pine

Hoverfly on ox-eye daisy

hoverfly Epistrophe nitidicollis

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on lawn weed

Hoverfly on Hebe. Meliscaeva sp I think

Hoverfly Scaeva sp. on hebe flowers

Hoverfly feeding on dandelion flower

Narcissus fly hoverfly, Meredon equestris

Taken at Tregerry farm, Treneglos, Cornwall, England, UK. No graphics please.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on a mission. She continued walking into the nest stopping every now and the to check the wasps were taking no notice of her.

Her mission was of couse to get into the wasp's nest and lay her eggs where the resulting larvae feed on the detritus and left overs of the dying wasp's nest

Hoverfly,

Syritta pipiens

View On Black

Hoverfly on begonia in the greenhouse

Hoverfly eggs laid by Helophilus pendulus on the underside of leaves overhanging a large birdbath. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on weed flower

Chippenham to Lacock canal walk, WIltshire

Hoverfly on weed flower

Rather small Hoverfly.

Taken on The Greenway between Derrington and Haughton Staffordshire. 9th September 2011

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica in bound on a crocus

Hoverfly Helophilis pendulus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on a mollis azalea flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly larva. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Natural light

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta feeding on ox-eye daisy

Hoverfly on hebe. Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly zoom, sitting on a euphorbia seed pod. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri

Hoverfly on Japanese anemone. Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Hoverfly on Callistemon leaf. Focus stacked using zerene. Sytphus sp.

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly - Rhingia campestris - Highdown gdns. Natural light.

I only very rarely see these in my own garden but they were all over the place at Highdown

Hoverfly / Episyrphus balteatus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri in flight

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus in flight

Hoverfly at the bottom of my garden.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria female - full flash

My first and successful (and quite clear) shot of a hoverfly (family Syrphidae) in flight. I've tried it several times before but always disappointing and frustrating attempts. I really find them difficult to focus on (who doesn't?) as they constantly (and unpredictably) dart in several directions while hovering over a flower they fancy.

I used flash here to freeze it in midair flight. I think I did it well this time.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare. Has turquoise halteres. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on ox-eye daisy Cheilosia sp. Natural light

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on valerian. Natural light