Debra Martz · @DebraMartz
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Flower Fly by Debra Martz
Things you see when you take the time to watch the ground. So much abounds. Photo and processing by me.

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#nature #insects #hoverfly #flowerfly #fly #closeup #photography #photoart #BuyIntoArt #ayearforart

Last updated 2 years ago

Jen Cross · @heyjencross
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New hoverfly just dropped. Pretty sure I haven't seen this one before. Hoverflies have coloring like bees to scare away birds and other predators.
Yellow-legged Flower Fly (Syrphus rectus)

#macrophotography #macro #flies #fly #hoverfly #flowerfly

Last updated 2 years ago

Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
355 followers · 2930 posts · Server ecoevo.social

transversa, transverse-banded () is my "spark bug". When I first noticed it in my backyard in 2009, I thought it was a bee! When I learned it was a (, "two-winged"), I was hooked.

When I saw how many different insects my attracted, I devoted my entire to .

inaturalist.org/observations/9

#eristalis #flowerfly #syrphidae #brooklyn #fly #Diptera #nativeplants #garden #wildlifehabitat #gardening #invertefest2022 #inaturalist #macro #photography #insects #flowervisitors #pollinators #photos #invertefest

Last updated 3 years ago

Flatbush Gardener 🌈 · @xris
305 followers · 2428 posts · Server ecoevo.social

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 3 years ago

John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan
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