Hoverfly Scaeva selenitica . Natural light

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria feeding on hebe

Hoverfly, male Xanthogramma pedissequum having a rest between territorial flights. Natural light. 2 shot focus stack using zerene

Hoverfly. Hausjärvi, Finland. 28.8.2017

Hoverfly Dasysyrphus albostriatus on a fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly. Natural light

The hoverfly repeatedly flew up to the butterfly and just touched the edge of its wing until it left the flower. The butterfly would then return and oust the hoverflies from the flower. And the whole pattern would repeat itself. There must have been some good quality nectar in this opening Dandelion.

Hoverfly Meliscaeva sp. ? feeding on ivy. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly on camelia leaf feeding on sugar/honey syrup. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly larva. Focus stacked using zerene. Don't think I've seen this type before

Hoverflies in the Garden

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

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

Hoverfly on marsh marigold - natural light

Hoverfly perching on a lovely pink flower

Hoverfly Volucella zonaria on marguerite

Hoverfly Syrphus sp. on ox-eye daisy

Hoverflies Syritta pipiens mating in a potentilla flower

Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus feeding on a weed flower

Hoverfly on azalea simple 2 shot animation.

See original size here www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/9755276961/sizes/o/in/photost... for animation

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria sp. on ox-eye daisy petal

Hoverfly on camellia flower. Dasysyrphus albostriatus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Eupeodes sp.

Hoverfly - genus syrphus - Cleethorpes.

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

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, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods.

Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus on a rocket flower. Pharted with Fractalius

Hoverfly Syrphus torvus. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly in Lincoln Park

Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus feeding on sugar/honey syrup on a camellia leaf

Hoverflies (Syrphus sp.) nectaring on Wild Parsnip, growing at the edge of a woodland ride. Fineshade Woods, Northamptonshire. 'Roots of Rockingham', a Back from the Brink project site.

Credit: Alex Hyde / Back from the Brink

Hoverfly Garden April 2009

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Hoverfly - Syrphus ribesii. Natural light

Hoverfly feeding on sugar/honey syrup on a camellia leaf. Meliscaeva auricollis

Hoverfly feeding on camelia flower. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Volucella pellucens on a camellia leaf. Natural light

Hoverfly on camelia leaf

Hoverfly on my bean pole stabiliser. Xanthandrus comtus

Hoverfly sitting near the center of a Rose.

Hoverfly on the back of my hand. Focus stacked using zerene

Hoverfly Cheilosia sp. on ox-eye daisy. Natural light

Hoverfly Rhingia campestris - Highdown, feeding on buddleia. Natural light