Exact species unknown

ID anybody ?

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Hoverfly BR7 6th June

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on lawn weed. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on crocus

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

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

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

Hoverfly on margeurite

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

Dronefly hoverfly on camelia leaf. Air temp 2'C. First bug pics of 2010 Eristalis tenax

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on sea holly. Natural light

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 Sphaerophoria scripta on margeurite

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.

Hoverflies out in force today at Snakeholme Pit.

Hoverfly on lavender in our garden in Tewkesbury Gloucestershire UK.

Hoverfly on potentilla. Cheilosia caerulescens f

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria

Hoverfly on my finger. Myathropa florea

Hoverfly on weed flower. Dasysyrphus albostriatus

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 taken in bright sun using flash.

Trying to see if a cheap 2ND filter helps reduce the strong sun exposure which gives ugly specular highlights giving the diffused flash a chance to light the subject. Normally with these settings the flash output would be minimal.

It does seem to help.

Eupeodes luniger

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on daffodil (Parasyrphus punctulatus, I think) Melbourn, South Cambs [SG8 6, 52.08, 0.02]

Hoverfly, lesser bulb fly, Eumerus sp. First I've seen this year. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on ground elder flower

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus male on weed flower