Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on my finger. It was happy to sit on my finger to warm up. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on crocus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Didea species on hebe

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly at Chepstow Castle.

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens

Hoverfly on a sun chair. Syrphus sp.

Hoverfly on miniature pine. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly portrait X2. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly portrait. Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on potentilla Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Natural light

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light

some macro shots from Saturday morning not much bird activity but lots of insect life on the go

Hoverfly with torn wing - suspect this is a birth accident - not the normal werar and tear you see.

Inexpensive macro conversion lens - Raynox DCR 250

Hoverfly, Derbyshire 2017

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on lace hydrangea

Macro shot of a hoverfly from our garden in England

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. having a clean. Natural light

Hoverfly in flight. Natural light. Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly egg on honeysuckle leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens . Focus stacked using zerene. First one this year

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

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly on a Marigold.

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on my finger

Hoverfly on camellia leaf,. Episyrphus balteatus

Our garden

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. on Japanese anemone. Focus stacked using zerene

Taken at Oxwich, Gower, Wales, UK. No graphics please.

Hoverfly....with flash.

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Eupeodes.sp.

Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum)

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus . Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans. Has a tiny dewdrop on it's "nose"

Hoverfly taken in bright sun using flash.

Trying to see if a cheap 2ND filter helps reduce the strong sun exposure which gives ugly specular highlights giving the diffused flash a chance to light the subject. Normally with these settings the flash output would be minimal.

It does seem to help