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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 ... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Syrphidae
Rank: Family
Higher classification: Syrphoidea
Lower classifications: Microdontinae, Syrphinae, Eristalinae
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Rhododendron anthers are odd- they don't split open but spill pollen out of the top. The pollen seems slighly sticky and comes out in strings which the hoverflies just seem to suck up. Animated from 4 shots
back garden snaps of a hoverfly in flight while hoping to see the Holly Blue butterfly that wont sit still!
Hoverfly Melanostoma sp., The real size is 7.24 mm, magnification is 1.4
Royal Cornwall events centre Wadebridge, England Pl27 7je,Grid Ref SW 96744 72000
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Hoverfly in flight taken with a Nikon D40 with a Sigma 70-300mm lens (manual focus)
Taken at my old houes garden WA6 7HN
Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on sugar.honey syrup.
See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/10685874993/ for a 3D version
Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri. Spotted this on a minature pine tree- think it had recently emerged. This hoverfly has interesting angular compound eyes
The 70-200 impresses me with how it performs with extension tubes. It looks like it will be my go-to lens for things that let me get really close....at least until if and when I get a macro lens. To put things in perspective, this fits in a dragonfly's mouth. (saw one eating one of these last week)
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 ... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Syrphidae
Family: Syrphidae; Latreille, 1802
Order: Diptera
Higher classification: Syrphoidea
Rank: Family
Did you know: One hover fly larva can consume the body fluids of hundreds of aphids. butterflyfunfacts.com
There are over 280 species of hoverflies in Britain and around 140 of these have been recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland
see here for info www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19415
Hoverfly on the edge of a kale leaf.
Tamron SP Di 90mm F/2.8 (272E). 1:1 macro plus a moderate crop.
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A hoverfly pollinates a Western Yarrow in Beadle County, SD. Photo by Soil Conservationist Samantha Pucket
Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum on a bluebell. Having had the hoverfly on my hand , I persuaded it to go back onto a bluebell flower for a final shot