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I captured this hoverfly at the Alaska Botanical Gardens in Anchorage. It was distinctly different from some of the other hoverflies so I submitted it to my iPhone app iNaturalist for identification where they've identified it as Helophilus intentus.
Taken 19 July 2018 at Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska.
The eastern band-winged hoverflies were out in force on the Gregg's mistflowers at the Wildflower center...
Hoverfly, visiting a dwarf Hypericum at Holehird Gardens. There are lots of unusual plants at Holehird and this Hypericum was just a few inches high.
Another shot below.
This hoverfly looks like a dangerous, stinging hornet but is quite harmless. This mimicry helps keep predators, such as birds away.I really like it's colour... shame it landed on the highest flower from me.
Our tiny garden in Kincardine was host to these today in the brilliant sunshine and two of these were first records for the year and this is one of them, the Footballer, Helophilus pendulus, one of the most distinctive hoverflies
I do love to try and photograph bees and hoverflies.
This was captured using my mobile phone.
Eristalis tenax is a hoverfly, also known as the drone fly, of the order Diptera. (Diptera is an order of winged insects commonly known as flies).
Diptera is one of the three largest and most diverse animal groups in the world.
Eristalis tenax is common, migratory and cosmopolitan; it is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world and is known from all regions except the Antarctic. It has been introduced into North America and is widely established. It can be found in gardens and fields all over both Europe and Australia, but have also been found in the Himalayas.
Hoverflies, also 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.
Hoverflies are fantastic, fascinating insects to have in the garden. ... As well as helping to pollinate the flowers in your gardens, the larvae of many hoverflies have a voracious appetite for aphids and other garden pests, so it's just as important to provide for them as you would other pollinators.
You don't get the scale from this photo. The yellow flower is only about 1cm across and the hoverfly is tiny. I'm still not sure of the species.
Hoverflies, also 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 (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.
A hoverfly still looking at the other images I took to try and determine ID for this one! It never landed just kept doing what it does best and hovering! HWW
Lots of hover flies about at the moment but funny they is not much else in the garden.
Does a FLY count towards a fishing theme.
During one of my lockdown walks I was looking for bees to photograph when I spotted this tiny hoverfly sitting on the edge of a beautiful poppy flower petal. The fly can't have been larger than a few millimeters. Hence I had to crop a fair bit.
One from the same visit as the bees in the earlier post, one of a couple of hoverflies I found that morning.
There are lots of hoverflies to be found here and I didn't really have very much time to spend on these before the breeze started to pick up. The seedhead is Fleabane with great patches still in flower as you can see from the background colour.
This is not a species I've photographed before although very common and fairly easy to identify, the other common one around here is H.pendulus.
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Another view of this brightly marked hoverfly. The markings are clearly meant as a form of Aposematism to stop it being predated, however in this case it is more likely a case of mimicry.
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Hoverflies are a fascinating group of insects, there are over 280 species in Britain. They are often brightly coloured and very common in gardens, many having black and yellow markings making it easy at a first glance to confuse them with bees and wasps, however hoverflies are totally harmless. They are good pollinators and the larvae of several common species have a voracious appetite for aphids! And best of all, most species are very patient whilst you get up close to photograph them. 😁
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I was chasing after a hoverfly that was jumping from flower to flower much quicker than I expected. After many blurry shots I finally managed to get one in focus :-).
Many of the goldenrods have now gone to seed - the hoverflies and I were glad to see a few flowers still around...