Hoverfly Myathropa florae- slightly strange lighting but I liked it.

Hoverfly helophilus pendulus. Unfortuanately I didn't notice the OOF grass blade in front of it's eye

Hoverfly Myathropa florae on margeurite

From the back garden

Hoverfly down in the grass. I think it is a Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly feeding on camelia flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Dronefly hoverfly on ox-eye daisy. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly larva in aphid heaven

Hoverflies are everywhere at the moment, sometimes several to a flower. I don't recall ever seeing quite so many.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

Hoverfly

I noticed these hoverflies and took a few photos of them near a thistle. My guess is that she will lay her eggs on the thistle because it is usually coated in aphids.

Hoverfly feeding on euphorbia. Natural light. Think this is Epistrophe nitidicollis

Hoverfly resting on a kale leaf.

Tamron SP Di 90mm F/2.8 (272E) & Raynox DCR-250. 1.7:1 macro, plus a slight crop.

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Hoverfly Myathropa florae on lace hydrangea

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus female. Watched this hoverfly carefully inspecting some rhododendron leaves before laying a single egg on one (see www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/8101978246/ ) It then started feeding on some honey/sugar syrup on a camelia leaf

Arne RSPB Dorset

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly (probably Syrphus sp.) frozen in time. A lucky capture.

Cefni reservoir, Anglesey.

hoverfly in the garden....

Hoverfly on my finger. A cold Syrphus torvus warming up on my finger

This hoverfly seems to be quite common throughout Hertfordshire. Ive struggled to ID it though, ive only ever managed a side view shot of them everytime i do come across them.

Taken at Panshanger Park nr Hertford.

Hoverfly in Purple flower

Hoverfly on Euphorbia. Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta on berberis leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Playing Hide & Seek Maybe? lol ;0)

I didn't have any luck finding anymore bees around the local area on Monday, although there were some other insects out and about including this hoverfly, which was making the most of the Pussy Willow buds.

Hoverfly. Myathropa florea

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on sun chair

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. having a clean. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe. Natural light.

Hoverfly zoom, sitting on a euphorbia seed pod. Natural light

Hoverfly - Meliscaeva ?

Hoverflies are easily (?) identified by looking for the spurious vein in the wings. The big compound eyes also tend to give their true origin away.

Canon 7D Mk. II + Sigma 105 Macro

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Hoverfly on bottlebrush flower. Melanostoma scalare I think.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe. Natural light

Taken at Warburg (BBOWT)

17-07-18

Hoverfly on Autumn crocus

Hoverfly. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus . Focus stacked using zerene

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

Hoverfly on camellia flower, feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Looking through unprocessed shots found this Hoverfly waiting to emerge from the hard drive.