Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum in flight

Hoverfly feeding on a strawflower (Helichrysum bracteatum)

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus in miniature pine

In my garden 25th April 2011

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on Euphorbia flower

Fred photographed this hoverfly feeding on our daisies.

Only time for 3 shots. We would have liked a portrait but you gotta get what you can!

~10mm

14 April 2015: ID Austalis copiosa Thanks Dr Jeff Skevington. Scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Hoverfly on ox-eye daisy

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 ground elder, Cheilosia sp. Natural light

Hoverfly in margeurite- heliophilus sp.

Beautiful looking hoverfly

in my garden in Mountain Ash

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?

Hoverfly larva hunting aphids on a blackberry leaf

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

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

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

A male parhelophilus sp. seen in Norfolk

Hoverfly

Montagne de Chabre, Sisteron, France

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Volucella inanis on sea holly. Natural light

Hoverfly