Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) in my garden.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria feeding on blackberry flowers

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on a fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta male on potentilla

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum. First shots of the year. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella pellucens on ground elder. Natural light

Hoverfly, flower flies, or syrphid flies

insect family Syrphidae

Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow /ˈjæroʊ/ or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae

Hoverfly (Syrphidae). Hover-flies are now being recognized as important natural enemies of pests.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

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

Hoverfly

Strobist info: Soligor MZ 400 AFM program flash + homemade diffuser (2 layers of kitchen towel).

Specs: 200mm DC lens + 68mm AF extension tubes.

Hoverfly on log

Hoverfly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. Strong natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly) Hoverfly, Bromley High School TQ 43299 68346

17/09/2022

Hoverfly feeding on hebe flowers - Episyrphus balteatus

Hoverfly

Hoverfly

Eristalis pertinax, female

Witham, Essex

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly macro

Hoverfly on the car back window

Hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta on margeurite

Hoverfly (Epistrophe sp.) at the Rifle Range, a Steyning Downland Scheme managed Nature Reserve,South Downs National Park, West Sussex England

Hoverfly feeding on dandelion flower

Hoverfly having a feast of dandelion pollen.

One hoverfly feeding on a Day Lily, another arriving from bottom left.

Snapped in Geoff Hamilton's garden in Barnsdale.

Hoverflies and flowers in the garden

Hoverfly on blackberry flower. Full flash at ISO1600

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 on an iris petal in light rain. View on black.

Hoverfly on daffodil

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on margeurite

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus in flight

Hoverfly feeding on azalea pollen. Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. on Japanese anemone

Eupeodes luniger perchance?

I had noticed a few hoverflies in the backyard, but by far and away the best place near me to see these cute wee beasties is at the local garden centre!

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens

Hoverfly Scaeva sp. on hebe flowers

Hoverfly larva on the i=underside of an oakbush leaf. Seems to have raided a barkfly nest

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

Hoverfly - Syrphus sp. enjoying some sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Yesterday the garden was full of Hoverflies, so that's where I turned my attention to. I think this one is having a pee?