Hoverfly on a camelia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Volucella pelluscens in flight. Natural light

Hoverfly

Hoverfly - Eristalis tenax

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly on ivy flower. Natural light

Best viewed in LARGE

After several days of torrential rain and/or heavy grey skies I had to look back a week or so to remind myself that we have had the odd decent day this summer!

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on miniature hebe sequence

Hoverfly on camelia leaf

Hoverfly on crocus. Natural light

Hoverfly

Insects on blue flowers (Chickory) seen in Southern Country Park in Bishops Stortford.

August 2011

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Hoverfly feeding on buttercup. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverflies, sometimes 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.

~ 0.8 cm in length, 50% cropped

Hoverfly larva. Focus stacked using zerene

hoverfly grabbing a wee snack

Hoverfly on ox-eye daisy - Cheilosia sp. probably C. caerulescens

Hoverfly on nettle

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Yesterday the garden was full of Hoverflies, so that's where I turned my attention to.

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Xylota segnis on mollis azalea flower- a rare visitor to the garden. Focus stacked using zerene

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

A picture of a Scottish summer - on a good day! Last Saturday on Portencross Road as tiny hoverflies flitted around a thistle.

Photo©George Crawford.

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Hoverfly flying low over grass. I think it was looking for dewdrops. Natural light

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus feeding on a drop of syrup on a camellia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on potentilla flower. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/19627085774/ for a 3D version

Hoverfly

Syrphus sp?

Thorpe Bay, Essex

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Garden

More practice at trying to catch them in flight!

Grafton Park Wood, near Grafton Underwood, Northants UK.

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus on camellia leaf

Hoverfly pupa, Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly- Rhingia campestris feeding on aubretia. Highdown gdns Worthing. Natural light

Hoverfly

Hoverfly on fir tree - Possibly Meliscaeva auricolis (via WAB)

Hoverfly Epistrophe eligans on honeysuckle leaf. Natural light

Hoverfly- Eupeodes sp. on old camellia flower

Hoverfly

Hoverfly on valerian

Hoverfly over California poppy.