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

Not been able to ID this species of hoverfly, it did not stay around long enough for me to grab anymore shots of it.

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 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 Helophilus pendulus . Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on a Marigold.

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on camellia leaf,. Episyrphus balteatus

Our garden

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light

Hoverfly visiting our climbing rose

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

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris. Rarely see this smallish hoverfly in the garden. Sitting on a miniature pine tree

A hoverfly depositing its eggs with ovipositor extended.

They are often seen hovering at flowers feeding on nectar though. Their larvae feed on decaying plant materials while some species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects. Therefore, they are deem beneficial to horticulture.

Size : 8mm

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

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Eupeodes.sp.

Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum)

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Natural light. 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

A hoverfly, possibly Eristalis pertinax, on the hedge, brushing itself off in the sun.

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light

Hoverfly Eumerus funeralis. Focus stacked using zerene

Not sure of the species, but a fabulous looking hoverfly. From my books, my best guess is the Marmalade Hoverfly... size and colouration seems to fit.

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella pellucens

Hoverfly on weed flower - guessing it's a Platycheirus sp.

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on hebe. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly (Syrphidae)

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. First of the year. Focus stacked using zerene

Large hoverfly Volucella zonaria on buddlia

Not sure of this one, I think it is a Hoverfly, but not one I've seen before.

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

Hoverflies out in force today at Snakeholme Pit.

hoverfly standing on something green