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Stephen · @AnCaoladoir
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A hoverfly on a corn marigold.

#Hoverfly #bloomscrolling #cornmarigold

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Bath Nature · @BathNature
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A new for me - Orange-belted Plumehorn (Volucella inflata). Apparently associated with sap wounds, and there was a sap wound on a nearby tree. In .

#Hoverfly #bath #somerset #UK #insect #entomology #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #naturecommunity #fly #Diptera

Last updated 1 year ago
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Bath Nature · @BathNature
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A few hoverflies from back in May - Large Spearhorn (Chrysotoxum cautum), Big-thighed Pipiza (Pipiza austriaca) and Twin-spot Boxer (Platycheirus rosarum).
In .

#bath #somerset #UK #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturecommunity #insect #entomology #fly #Diptera #Hoverfly

Last updated 1 year ago
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Georgia · @blahttodea
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got major sunburn sat by the pond watching the bugs but it was worth it (don't be like me and always wear suncream folks)

marmalade hover fly (Episyrphus balteatus), blue emperor (Anax imperator), black tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum), and tapered drone fly (Eristalis pertinax)

bonus: lots of blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum)

#dragonfly #dragonflies #damselfly #damselflies #insect #insects #dronefly #droneflies #Hoverfly #hoverflies #pond #nature #Odonata #Diptera #entomology

Last updated 1 year ago
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Georgia · @blahttodea
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happy belated / (and happy winter solstice for those in the southern hem!) ☀️ 🪴

another hot one in the garden, spent chilling with some friends (l-r: house sparrow, philodromus crab spider [poss. p. aureolus?], salticus zebra spider, and eupeodes hoverfly)

believe it or not, i actually had the most severe arachnophobia when i was younger, but i'm loving learning more about these fascinating creatures!

#summersolstice #midsummer #spiders #arachnids #insects #Hoverfly #nature #sparrow #garden

Last updated 1 year ago
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Ian Lewis Photography · @ianlewis
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#Hoverfly #insect #macro #closeup #nature #wildlife #naturelovers #wildlifelovers #Cornwall #gwithian #reserve #godox #photography

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Bath Nature · @BathNature
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A male Yellow-girdled Fleckwing hoverfly (Dasysyrphus tricinctus) - not a species I find often often! Take this week in .

#bath #somerset #UK #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #naturecommunity #entomology #Hoverfly #flies #fly #Diptera #insect #insects #spring

Last updated 2 years ago
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Richard Evans · @richardev
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I'm a bit baffled by this striking nectaring on this morning. I thought at first Volucella pellucens, but the central band doesn't look quite right. Can anyone help? @kitenet

Apologies for the poor-quality phone pic!

#Hoverfly #dandelion

Last updated 2 years ago
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Jill Orme · @OrmeJks
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#Hoverfly #dronefly #eristalispertinax #daffodil #spring #nature #wildlife #canonr5

Last updated 2 years ago
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Jer 🚵🏼 · @jerzone
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For the “bug" fans.

@loren @nev

#bugs #waterbug #cicada #Hoverfly

Last updated 2 years ago
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Jill Orme · @OrmeJks
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#Hoverfly #meliscaevaauricollis #flower #hyacinth #nature #wildlife #canonr5

Last updated 2 years ago
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Caroline Byrne · @Caroline21
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First insect of the year for me. Hoverfly Eristalis tenax, enjoying the daphne flowers. I had both male and female in the garden today ( this is a male as eyes close together), these are important pollinators and this chap already has pollen grain on the hairs behind his eyes. Todays adults would have been overwintering in cracks and been woken up by the sunshine. This important species needs water to breed in ( ponds/ditches).

#Hoverfly #insects #entomology #biodiversity #britishwildlife

Last updated 2 years ago
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Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
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Thanks to , I just discovered that another of my has been selected as the reference photo for an species home page: Syrphus rectus, yellow-legged flower fly, visiting the flowers of a NOID Symphyotrichum, North American aster, in my front September of last year.

flic.kr/p/2mB7jbC

#insomnia #macro #photos #inaturalist #garden #flies #Diptera #syrphidae #flowerfly #Hoverfly #urbangardening #habitatgardening #pollinators

Last updated 2 years ago
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Andy James Wells · @AndyJamesWells
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During the summer I love capturing macro photos of the life in my garden. It's just taken using my phone but it's amazing to see it just in my back garden.

#macro #photography #bee #ladybird #Hoverfly #insects

Last updated 2 years ago
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Martin Harvey · @kitenet
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The other place often features so let's start it off here as well. This is the spectacular Pocota personata, a trying very hard to make you think it is a - check the antennae for the tell-tale difference. The photo shows my first encounter with this species, from a field trip last spring. This is a fairly rare and elusive whose larvae develop in rot-holes in mature Beech trees.

#flyfriday #Hoverfly #bumblebee #DipteristsForum #fly #insectodon #saproxylic #DeadWoodLife #entomology #Diptera

Last updated 2 years ago
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Martin Harvey · @kitenet
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The other place often features so let's start it off here as well. This is the spectacular Pocota personata, a trying very hard to make you think it is a - check the antennae for the tell-tale difference. The photo shows my first encounter with this species, from a field trip last spring. This is a fairly rare and elusive whose larvae develop in rot-holes in mature Beech trees.

#flyfriday #Hoverfly #bumblebee #DipteristsForum #fly #insectodon #saproxylic #DeadWoodLife #entomology #Diptera

Last updated 2 years ago
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The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
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One second bee?
No…
One second hoverfly.

“Fuck those bees…I am speed! I am speed, baby!”








@beesanctuaryireland

#Hoverfly #beequick #onesecondbee #onesecondnature #bees #nature #bee #beesanctuaryireland #beesofmastodon

Last updated 2 years ago
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Caroline Byrne · @Caroline21
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First post here. Hoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum - stupidly I though it stalking the aphid - but adult hovers dont have biting mouth parts. Life cycle of this sp a bit of a mystery, its though larva feed on aphids of the bean root aphid that are farmed by ants.

#macro #wildlifeuk #Hoverfly #ecology

Last updated 2 years ago
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The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
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Bee v Hoverfly

It’s on!

Quick guide.

The red arse on the right is a .

The dude that photo bombs is a .

Bee - long antennae
Hoverfly - generally very small antennae

Bee - compound eyes tend to be smaller relative to head size with more space between them.
Hoverfly - head is almost all large eyes that look like dodgy 90’s rock star shades.

Bee - 4 wings
Hoverfly - 2 wings

Bee - Females can sting
Hoverfly - can’t sting

Bee - cuddly
Hoverfly - not so cuddly.

#bumblebee #Hoverfly #bees

Last updated 2 years ago
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Lesley, Dolly & DJ · @Lesley4Nature
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A pair of Episyrphus balteatus Hoverflies enjoying a Dandelion this week.

#insects #Hoverfly #wildflowers #nature

Last updated 2 years ago
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