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In the last week or so these Eastern band-winged hoverflies have shown up all over the fields and flowers around here...
I went for a walk in a different area of my suburb the other day during a brief burst of sunshine. I came across this Photinia plant (robusta?) which was attracting the hoverflies. Best viewed large. HWW
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
First good day at a garden. Lots of color in the plots...though very predominantly Peonies and large stands of daisies. Plenty of tiny insects were enjoying the blossoms. Various small bees were active. Several Bumblebees also did their work. A number of butterflies circled and landed, as did a dragonfly. A Hummingbird flew to a Salvia blossom, but chose not to stay.
This Hoverfly made a brief appearance, but was camera shy, and quickly left.
In my area, and for my camera, I declare that the garden flower and insect season has begun.
I've never managed to capture a successful Hoverfly in flight image before. This isn't that good but I'm posting it because it was manually focussed and to me that's a success :)
A bit later in the day for this upload, but I've been a big headachy this week and keep waking up feeling awful (nothing I haven't had before, so I know it's not Covid!) These headaches are frustrating, as nothing will properly shift them, so I'm still a little fragile but not keen to spend all day trying to sleep it off! Anyway, here's a hoverfly from last summer!!
An early morning shot taken at GB Gruffy Nature reserve, the plan had been to go looking for hoverflies covered in dew but it had been milder than the forecast had suggested so only a very slight dew in the end.
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Another shot of the same Hoverfly from earlier, the sun was rising and things were starting to warm up, so this was one of the last shots as the Hoverfly started to become quite active.
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