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!!

Resting on a pebble in our wildlife pond.

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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A stroll around the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Reserve at Rowsley retail outlet. Cant find this Hoverfly in my book, can anyone id please.

Canon EOS 5DS R

TAMRON 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010

ƒ/6.3 300.0 mm 1/250 640

I was inspired by Ken Jensen's www.flickr.com/photos/86174217@N04/28276270806/in/datepos... latest post and interesting experiment, he combined a 1.4 converter with his macro lens.

I am using a Canon 100mm f2.8 with a Kenko x1.4 (the canon x1.4 doesn't fit)

f/4 1/500sec ISO 200 140mm approx 50% crop.

I wasn't in that tight on this shot.

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On the Lemon Balm flowers in my garden.

Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout the Palaearctic region, which covers Europe, North Asia, and North Africa. The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands.

In Kilmacurragh 29 Aug 2023

Rather Handsome Hoverfly ©John Freshney

The Lemon coloured larger "Footballer" hoverfly.

Long hoverfly (Sphoaerophoria scripta) drinking nectar from hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale) flower.

Kuliboda łąkowa (Sphaerophoria scripta) pijąca nektar z kwiatu stulisza lekarskiego (Sisymbrium officinale).

In my garden on Sweet William flower

Lyme Regis Dorset

Fascinating to watch this Hoverfly laying her eggs on the leaves of Pansy flowers in our polytunnel. We planted them to attract pollinating insects in. Seems to have done the trick HFDF!

The sun is shining (for now) so I'm heading out to take some photos, I thought I'd go stir crazy with all the wind & rain. I'll catch up with comments later.

Taken in the early morning at Rodney Stoke NNR on the Mendips in Somerset.

The same hoverfly taken from a different position, I normally spend around half an hour or so photographing the same subject and during that time they do move about a little bit, so when I saw how it had positioned itself I just had to get a shot of it.

This is my last image for a little while as I am off to Hungary tomorrow to hopefully sample some of their wildlife.

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Logan Botananic Garden, Port Logan, Galloway,Scotland

Same image of a hoverfly I posted a few weeks ago. When I had been looking around to see what else was about, I returned to find the hoverfly had started to wake up and clear the dew from its eyes, it is still too cold to be really active but it uses its front feet to wipe away the dew. It's only really when the full sun lands on the insect when it then becomes fully active and the dew evaporates.

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Maybe not the best, but perfectly focused, good enough pic, made by cheap and simple Nikon Coolpix L330

Hoverfly - Parhelophilus versicolor

hand-held

Hoverfly hovering over flower.

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Another one taken in my garden.

Hoverfly on Canada thistle

Margined Calligrapher [Toxomerus marginatus]

Windlestrae Park

North Wales, PA

1771*

A macro photo of a hoverfly in my garden.

Huge hoverfly resting on a flower at Oxford botanic garden.

If anyone can tell me the name of this lovely silver-leaved plant I'd be very grateful! And the hoverfly might be syrphus ribesii, or not.

UC Davis Arboretum, Davis, Ca. April, 2022.

Handheld stack of 9 images in Zerene

Hoverfly, approximately 8mm in length. I believe that this is an anemone flower - they are usually white, but can occur in pink and magenta shades. Hoverflies favor anemone plants and aid in propagation.

Early morning.

My garden , UK

Hoverfly

It stands on my finger!

Colouful hoverfly, colourful grass and a bright yellow buttercup at RSPB Campfield Marsh in Cumbria.

Walking along the field edge at Rodney Stoke NNR and didn't have to look too hard to spot this hoverfly. Being black and yellow, they make absolutely no effort to conceal themselves like many other hoverflies.

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Baccha elongata, or "common dainty", I think. Lots of luck involved in these shots...

With 25 mm tube

This eastern band-winged hoverfly spent most of its time hovering in and around the plant, but lit briefly in a flower to pick up a little pollen.,,

In my garden

Lyme Regis Dorset