Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. Full flash. Focus stacked using zerene

Yesterday, Marty posted a photo of a hoverfly in flight taken with the 400 mm lens. Today I discovered the secret behind his photography ... I believe he must be a hoverfly whisperer ... or he has been training them in secret these past months to obey his every command ... I can't even get a foot of these cute little guys - which is frustrating because I love taking macro shots ... yet he who can stand quite a distance to get a great shot with a canon of a lens gets them to land and REST on his finger .... but watching this and trying to even get this shot sure made both of us smile :)

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A hoverfly resting. I think it has an angry look, mind you I had just set the flash off in its face, so I'm not surprised!

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Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on ox-eye daisy

Hoverfly on a park bench.

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly, lots to be seen on this sunny day.

Hoverfly on camelia leaf.

Hoverfly on rocket

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ivy flowers. Natural light

Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, in flight. My back garden by Epping Forest, Essex.

52 Weeks of 2018

Week No: 5

Theme: SOOC

Category: Creative

SOOC challenges always make me realise how much I enjoy a bit of post processing. I would definitely have tweaked contrast a bit and maybe cropped a bit of the empty space if I had been let off the leash. Instead this is a direct conversion from RAW to JPEG without any 'interference'

Hoverflies,Flower flies,Syrphid flies in Syrphidae family.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Diptera

Suborder: Brachycera

Section: Aschiza

Superfamily: Syrphoidea

Family: Syrphidae

105mm 1:2.8 Sigma EX

Ring Flash

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. feeding on hebe. Natural light

Not my best shot. A female hoverfly ovipositing

Hoverfly, Hutchinson's Bank Nature Reserve, New Addington TQ 38029 61893

Hoverfly on crocus

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri . Natural light

Vienne; Moulismes 9/9/14

Hoverfly approaching a poppy

Hoverflies feeding. A marmalade hoverfly and Volucella zonaria. Focus stacked using zerene

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Hoverflies, sometimes 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 eat a wide range of foods.

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris - Highdown, feeding on buddleia. Natural light

Hoverfly feeding on crocus pollen. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) at RSPB Medmerry, near Sidlesham, West Sussex England

Taken last year, in my garden on a Canon 7d I used to have

Hoverfly on pear blossom. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on leaf. Taken at highdown gdns Worthing. Natural light

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverflies are sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies. 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.

Hoverflies are being recognized as important natural enemies of pests, and potential agents for use in biological control. Some adult syrphid flies are important pollinators.

In some species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals, despite their mimicry of more dangerous wasps and bees, which wards off predators. ~Wikipedia.

Hoverfly on margeurite

Hoverfly Wasp Mimic, presumably. Baccha elongate.

Hoverfly Meliscaeva auricollis feeding on ivy. Focus stacked using zerene

small hoverfly

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on margeurite flower

Hoverfly Heringia sp ? Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on the backdoor frame. Air temperature about 1'C. Focus stacked using zerene