Hoverfly Syritta pipiens feeding on ground elder

Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) at Trench Wood, Worcestershire.

Hoverfly feeding on camelia flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. ?

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus

Hoverfly

Hoverfly & Lillies in the back garden

Hoverfly Volucella sp on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly pupa on a wall- looks nearly ready to hatch

Hoverfly on hebe. Natural light. Oshiro 60mm

National Trusts Nature Reserve at Holme Fen, which is a part of The Great Fen, Huntingdon, UK.

Hoverfly and Forget-me-not flowers.

Shot for record and id purposes - will be replaced if clearer picture obtained

hoverfly Pipizella sp. ?

Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus on a miniature pine. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

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Hoverfly male Myathropa florea on me

Hoverfly on a flower

Holehird Gardens

Hoverfly looking for a tasty landing place. Cropped version ...

Hoverfly feeding on miniature hebe

Hoverfly Epistrophe elegans. First of the year. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly larva Syrphus ribesii

Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris. Highdown gardens Worthing

Hoverfly on camelia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella sp on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly - Meliscaeva ?

Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on hebe

Hoverfly Cheilosia caerulescens ?

hoverfly on margeurite - Eupeodes corollae

Hoverfly

Hoverfly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup

Hoverfly on a door frame. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus on variagated rhododendron leaf

Hoverfly on a mint flower. He didn't stay still for long.

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on marguerite

Hoverfly 15

th July

Hoverfly on a Gulltörel in the flower bed. Zoom out to see the flower in it's original color.

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum on patrol. Natural light

Hoverfly on camellia flower, feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly feeding on miniature hebe. Focus stacked using zerene

I was watching thismale hoverfly wandering around on the salvia flowers, but it wasn't until I loaded the photo that I saw all the tiny aphids. Apparently the larvae of hoverflies eat aphids.

The shot in the first comment box shows a female hoverfly on a salvia leaf. Just click on the image and it will show up in high resolution.

I just moved recently. The new place is by the main road. I underestimated the traffic of Shanghai, and now I am suffering from sleeplessness due to the sounds from the horns and brakes. (Drivers here use their horns and brakes mercilessly.)

Today, I tried the airconditioner of my place since it is a bloody 34 deg, and it was making as much noise as the traffic below. I wonder how I am going to survive the summer...

P.S: I have a series of shots of this little flying creature making love to my camera last sunday. Pls bear with me for a while till I finish posting its pics on flickr.

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Hoverfly-Taiwan