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 on potentilla Syrphus sp. It has a rather dented thorax

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens

Hoverfly on kniphofia flower in our Brisbane garden.

Hoverfly Scaeva sp. on hebe flowers

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?

Hoverfly Myathropa florea. First of the year. Strong natural light

Hoverfly from one of my Brucemore shoots during the summer. When viewed large you can see the pollen falling off the plant.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria feeding. Natural light

Hoverfly macro

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on lawn weed. Focus stacked using zerene

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

Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare

Hoverfly on crocus

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

Hoverfly

Syrphus sp.?

North Shoebury, Essex

Hoverfly on a Lilac coloured poppy in our holiday cottage garden

Another hoverfly in flight :-)

Marmalade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Doing what it does best!

Shot using the 7D & EF 300mm f/4L IS USM with 25mm of extension tubes.

Light using a hotshoe mounted Speedlight 430EX II in manual mode.

Manually focused, approx half lifesize then cropped further.

Hoverfly inbound on hebe sequence. Strong natural light

Just natural light and testing the Tokina 100mm, an amazing lens for the money I think.

Hoverflies

Hoverfly on blackberry leaf. Epistophe eligans

Hoverfly macro taken with a Raynox dcr-250 converter lens on a Panasonic 45-200mm

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on a miniature pine tree

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria feeding. Natural light

Hoverfly (Paragus crenulatus), Mae Hia, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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

Hoverfly

A 2-photo stack of a hoverfly stopping for a quick snack. This is one of my first attempts at focus stacking and I am pleased with the results.

Hoverfly Myathropa florea on marguerite. Natural light

Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri on hebe. The first of these this year. Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on hebe

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly in mollis azalea flower

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on an egg laying mission. Each egg is laid near an aphid colony. Hoverfly inspecting the next aphid colony before landing to lay more eggs.