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Strobist info: Soligor MZ 400 AFM program flash + homemade diffuser (2 layers of kitchen towel).
Specs: 200mm DC lens + 68mm AF extension tubes.
Hoverfly - Rhingia campestris - Highdown gdns. Natural light.
I only very rarely see these in my own garden but they were all over the place at Highdown
Hoverfly (Epistrophe sp.) at the Rifle Range, a Steyning Downland Scheme managed Nature Reserve,South Downs National Park, West Sussex England
Male Marmalade Hoverfly collecting nectar from the spurge flower (Euphorbia helioscopia)
Euphorbia helioscopia (Madwoman's Milk / Sun Spurge)
It is a species of spurge native to most of Europe including British Isles.
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
A relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) make up the insect family Syrphidae, widespread throughout all continents. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers. Although they look rather like bees or solitary wasps, they are not at all harmful to humans because they have no sting. The adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods including Aphids.
The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands. Another identification character is the presence of secondary black bands on the 3rd and 4th dorsal plates. As in most other hoverflies, males can be easily identified by their holoptic eyes, i.e., left and right compound eyes touching at the top of the head. Class: Pterygota – insects; Order: Diptera – true flies.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episyrphus_balteatus
Spring Watch, London
Hoverfly (Allograpta obliqua), on a Skeleton Plant flower (Lygodesmia texana). Adults feed on nectar while their larvae feed on aphids.
Definitely best viewed large.
Raynox DCR-150 mounted on my Panasonic FZ8.
Hoverfly Myathropa florae portrait. Found this in the kitchen doing the normal trick of trying to fly through a window pane. Trapped it- gave it a drop of honey and waited for it to settle and feed before doing some shots and then releasing it outside