hand-held

Hoverfly on lavender

Hoverfly

This hoverfly got caught out by the warm, sunny weather on Sunday morning. When the weather turned cold, I found it exhausted on the washing line (that's why there's a couple of cotton fibres on it). I warmed it up on my hand for a bit and put it down on a flower but the changeable weather in Autumn and Spring can be rough on insects.

Hoverfly on Canada thistle

Margined Calligrapher [Toxomerus marginatus]

Windlestrae Park

North Wales, PA

1771*

Eastern band-winged hoverfly, probably, in the aster patch...

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.

Huge hoverfly resting on a flower at Oxford botanic garden.

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.,,

hoverfly with bokeh inflight with wing motion

A macro photo of a hoverfly in my garden.

In Kilmacurragh 14 Sep 2023

First good day at a garden. Lots of color in the plots...though very predominantly Peonies and large stands of daisies. Plenty of tiny insects were enjoying the blossoms. Various small bees were active. Several Bumblebees also did their work. A number of butterflies circled and landed, as did a dragonfly. A Hummingbird flew to a Salvia blossom, but chose not to stay.

This Hoverfly made a brief appearance, but was camera shy, and quickly left.

In my area, and for my camera, I declare that the garden flower and insect season has begun.

Hoverfly of the Syrphini family

Canon EOS 5DS R

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

ƒ/16.0 300.0 mm 1/250 1250

Lyme Regis Dorset.

Another shot of this Hover Fly, but closer than the last post.

I like that you can see the individual lenses of their multifaceted eyes. Flies have about 6,000 individual lenses, actually, giving them a panoramic view of their surroundings!

Warnham LNR

Taken in my garden.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

D300 @ 200mm - f/5.6 - 1/200 sec - iso 200.

The hoverflies love our ceanothus :)

Leaving bokehland...

Please see at full screen.

Taken at Wolseley Nature Centre

Hoverfly - Eristalis intricarius

Small Hoverfly on erigeron daisy in my garden today. Lyme Regis Dorset.

Resting on a pebble in our wildlife pond.

and yet another perspective of the hoverfly.

At that moment I must have disturbed her at breakfast. But she still let me take my photos.

I can't resist those big brown eyes!

This hoverfly was resting at dusk in our garden, presumably spending the night on this little twig.

.. so called because of the distinctive markings on the thorax which resembles the Batman logo. Seen here on Tansy.

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Hoverfly at Dams to Darnley pond

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...captured with the Tamron 180mm Macro lens.

Super tiny hoverfly in our lantana. Only about 1/4" long. Had to shoot handheld through foliage between us. Got the eyes in pretty good focus but the face is just a tad OOF due to shallow DOF but still like it. :)

Sorry for so many photos. :)