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Great pollinators are the hoverflies. This hover is enjoying sone echinacea blooms

Photograph taken at Astley Park's Wall Garden, Chorley.

Hoverfly feeding on a wild Scabious flower.

365/239 - Year 10 Photo 3526

Hoverfly

Hoverfly - not sure of the ID. Focus stacked using zerene

Not sure of the ID of this hoverfly, i was unable to capture more than one shot of it before it was off again.

Taken at RSPB Rye Meads

Hoverfly on ground elder

Hoverfly on ground elder

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

Hoverfly on crocus

Hoverfly, lots to be seen on this sunny day.

RAFM Hendon 11/1/22

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ivy flowers. Natural light

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

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

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri . Natural light

Hoverfly. (try on large)

Hoverfly larva. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on finger. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Hoverfly feeding on crocus pollen. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly larva. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris on an Iris. Natural light. Taken at Highdown gdns Worthing

You can see how long their proboscis is in this shot

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

Hoverfly on margeurite

Hoverfly feeding on azalea pollen. Syrphus torvus.

Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly Myathropa florea male. Strong natural light.

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on margeurite flower

Hoverfly Heringia sp ? Focus stacked using zerene

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Hoverfly having a clean. Natural light

Hoverfly taking shelter in a flower on a cloudy and rainy day. 3:1 magnification.

Hoverfly feeding on crocus flower. Focus stacked using zerene. Using a canon 60mm EF-s macro lens with 65mm of ext tubes

Hoverfly on the rim of a plant pot

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on a mission. It was when she flew a few feet down the flower border I realised she was on a mission. She spent some time cleaning

Hoverfly Eupeodes sp. Feeding on honey/sugar syrup. Natural light

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus feeding on Japanese anemone

Hoverfly- Syritta pipiens closeup. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light

why this fly has many dark spots in the eyes. Is it to increase dynamic range of the eyes as if Fujifilm's high dynamic photo sensor SR II which has composed sensor from high sensitivity cells and low sensitivity cells interleaved.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_CCD