Hoverfly on cornflower - natural light

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly feeding on miniature hebe. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

Hoverfly

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

Hoverfly Volucella sp on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus

The hoverfly Epistrophe eligans can be quite variable in the extent of the yellow striping on its abdomen, some specimens, particularly males, being nearly all black; however the overall pattern is usually similar.

It is an early Spring species, being seen from March to August, and peaking in May.

It is widespread throughout most of Britain though more scarce in the north.

It can be seen along hot, sunny woodland edges and hedgerows, and favours Blackthorn and Hawthorn.

Hoverfly egg-laying on blackberry. Eupeodes sp. I think

Hoverfly Volucella pellucens on hebe. Natural light

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum on patrol. Natural light

This image is totally unedited. You need to zoom in to see the hoverfly.

Ischiodon scutellaris

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

Hoverfly Heringia sp. in a miniature pine. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on a variegated rhododendron leaf. Strong natural light

Alarmingly few insects around in the garden today - not even that many greenfly on the roses. But this hoverfly was quite cooperative.

Hovering and feeding at Westbury Court Garden. Eupeodes luniger.

Hoverfly in Flight

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on marguerite

Hoverfly on camelia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly taken with fill flash- probably Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Lots of Hoverflies still around, they really do enjoy the Scabious.

Hoverfly

Hoverfly, TQ 40104 68783, 09/11/2022

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on some sugar/honey spray on camelia leaf

Hoverfly (I think, could be a soldier fly maybe)

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on my bean pole stabiliser. Xanthandrus comtus

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

Hoverfly on camelia leaf. Focus stacked using zerene.

Probably Meliscaeva auricollis

Hoverfly feeding on sugar/honey syrup on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly - Eristalis arbustorum female

Hoverfly on my finger

Hoverfly on the wall by the back door

Unidentified hoverfly in the hedgerow.

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus on potentilla

Hoverfly - Eristalis arbustorum female

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Criorhina ranunculi

Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus by the side of my small pond

Hoverfly - Ocyptamus sp.

Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus on my finger. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Criorhina ranunculi

Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on crocus

Hoverfly Syritta pipiens on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly Myathropa florae - still a few of these about along with the drone flies