graftandspur · @graftandspur
389 followers · 640 posts · Server mas.toHoverfly and honeybee AGM in Helenium corner at Woodlands Hall
#Bees #Hoverflies #Gardenersofmastadon #Gardening #Bloomscrolling
#bloomscrolling #gardening #gardenersofmastadon #hoverflies #bees
Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
2025 followers · 3951 posts · Server mathstodon.xyz
According to https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343983-Volucella-zonaria there are many observations in the UK indeed, but I've only ever seen Volucella zonaria once in the UK.
The large hoverfly I see frequently, at least in Cambridge, is the yellow-haired sun fly, Myathropa florea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180250789 This one seems like a mimic as well, but its larvae grow on detritus in moisty ground.
#insects #entomology #hoverflies #diptera #inaturalist
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
1649 followers · 6679 posts · Server mas.to
Did I post this already? Well, tough. I 😍 hoverflies, and this beauty has the best name ever: Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea).
Encourage hoverfly in your garden by creating Hoverfly Lagoons for their larvae. Pollinators and bug munchers.
#wildlife #gardening #WildlifeGardening #diptera #hoverflies #hoverfly
#hoverfly #hoverflies #diptera #wildlifegardening #gardening #wildlife
Axel Steiner · @Natur
281 followers · 244 posts · Server nrw.social
Keine "Hummel", sondern die Hummel-Keilfleck|#schwebfliege (#Eristalis intricaria). Typischer Fall von #Mimikry. Auf dicke Hose machen, aber nix dahinter - inkl. Hummelgebrummsel.
#artenvielfalt #nature #insekten #insects #natur #Diptera #Syrphidae #Schwebfliegen #hoverflies
#schwebfliege #Eristalis #Mimikry #Artenvielfalt #nature #insekten #insects #natur #diptera #syrphidae #schwebfliegen #hoverflies
Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
1989 followers · 3667 posts · Server mathstodon.xyz
That ants are strong has since long entered popular culture. Yet their strength and persistence is a joy to witness. Inspiring.
Unknown ant dragging a much, much larger dead hoverfly of the Scaeva genus http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178048933 over rugged (relatively speaking) terrain straight into its nest.
#entomology #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ants #Diptera #hoverflies #insects #iPhonePhotography
#iphonephotography #insects #hoverflies #diptera #ants #formicidae #hymenoptera #entomology
David Mcmillan · @hermitsholiday
631 followers · 655 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Heliophilus pendulus #Hoverfly #hoverflies #hoverflyphotography #HoverfliesofMastadon #insects #insectphotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #Perthshire #Scotland
#scotland #perthshire #photography #naturephotography #nature #insectphotography #insects #hoverfliesofmastadon #hoverflyphotography #hoverflies #hoverfly
Stirling & Clacks SWT · @stirclacswt
90 followers · 738 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Self-sown Buddleia, (an Invasive Non-native Species 🙄), within a Woodland area yesterday, nevertheless providing food sources for a good range of Butterflies and Hoverflies. Photo 1 of a beautiful Comma butterfly, and 2 photos of what I think is the bonny Black-footed Dronefly, Eristalis horticola, with its wide and short body. (Drone flies are a kind of Hover-fly.) Anyone with a better ID? #ScottishWildlife #InvertFest #Butterflies #hoverflies Lots of Peacock butterflies too.
#hoverflies #butterflies #invertfest #scottishwildlife
Stirling & Clacks SWT · @stirclacswt
80 followers · 661 posts · Server mastodon.scotSingle Spear Thistle flower providing a good buffet for these 3 or 4 Hover-flies. Think they might be Syrphus ribesii, a very common and widespread Hover-fly in the UK. #ScottishWildlife #hoverflies #ScottishWildlfowers #InvertFest
#invertfest #scottishwildlfowers #hoverflies #scottishwildlife
Stephen · @AnCaoladoir
64 followers · 205 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Hoverfly approaching a catsear flower. #WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #Hoverflies
#wildflowers #bloomscrolling #hoverflies
David Mcmillan · @hermitsholiday
622 followers · 618 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Marmalade Hoverfly #Hoverfly #hoverflies #insects #pollinators #wildflowers #wildlifegardening #nature #Perthshire #Scotland
#scotland #perthshire #nature #wildlifegardening #wildflowers #pollinators #insects #hoverflies #hoverfly
Tanya C Smith · @TanyaCSmith
411 followers · 4039 posts · Server socel.net
I love to watch the pollinators in the summertime busily going about their work.
Hoverfly On Rudbeckia.
https://5-tanya-smith.pixels.com/featured/hoverfly-on-rudbeckia-tanya-c-smith.html
#MastoPhoto #photography #PhotographyIsArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #printsforsale #wallart #nature #garden #Pollinators #hoverflies #insects #fineartprints #fedigiftshop #mastoart
#mastophoto #photography #photographyisart #BuyIntoArt #ayearforart #printsforsale #wallart #nature #garden #Pollinators #hoverflies #insects #fineartprints #fedigiftshop #mastoart
Georgia · @blahttodea
96 followers · 113 posts · Server ecoevo.social
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
#dragonfly #dragonflies #damselfly #damselflies #insect #insects #dronefly #droneflies #Hoverfly #hoverflies #pond #nature #Odonata #Diptera #entomology
Walter S. · @truecolour
611 followers · 215 posts · Server photog.social
Myathropa florea is a very common species of #hoverfly in Europe and North Africa. It is about 12 mm long. The larvae develop in puddles and muddy water.
#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #insects #hoverflies #Diptera #Syrphidae #Myathropa #MyathropaFlorea #Schwebfliege #Totenkopfschwebfliege
#hoverfly #photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #animals #wildlife #insects #hoverflies #diptera #syrphidae #myathropa #myathropaflorea #schwebfliege #totenkopfschwebfliege
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
1238 followers · 4998 posts · Server mas.to
This is the pinnacle of my wildlife photography! 😆 Plants move less.
Last night, out for a walk in the local woods, a tremendous buzz of insects about the trees. On closer inspection, under a Sycamore, I saw a load of small hoverflies (not pictured). The same Sycamore when it was flowering was host to a myriad of bumblebees.
Don't know if this happens every year or is a one-off event, I hadn't really noticed it before.
#insects #diptera #hoverflies #woodland #wildlife #wildlifePhotography
#wildlifephotography #wildlife #woodland #hoverflies #diptera #insects
Nonbinary-Naturalist (it/its) · @NonbinaryNaturalist
17 followers · 159 posts · Server flipping.rocks
Aphids (first time seeing the black and red ones) and some new to me fly larva on my swamp milkweed.
#bugs #insect #aphids #flies #larva #macrolens #macrophotography #hoverflies #oleanderaphid #milkweed #swampmilkweed #aslepiasincarnata
#bugs #insect #aphids #flies #larva #macrolens #Macrophotography #hoverflies #oleanderaphid #milkweed #swampmilkweed #aslepiasincarnata
Walter S. · @truecolour
593 followers · 190 posts · Server photog.social
The long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) has a worldwide distribution. The larva feed on aphids, the adult on nectar and pollen.
#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #insects #diptera #syrphidae #hoverflies #sphaerophoria #sphaerophoriascripta #schwebfliegen #gewöhnlichelangbauchschwebfliege
#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #animals #wildlife #insects #diptera #syrphidae #hoverflies #Sphaerophoria #SphaerophoriaScripta #schwebfliegen #gewohnlichelangbauchschwebfliege
David Mcmillan · @hermitsholiday
574 followers · 537 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Eristalis pertinax #hoverflyphotography #hoverfly #HoverfliesofMastadon #hoverflies #insects #nature #polinators #naturephotography #Perthshire #Scotland
#scotland #perthshire #naturephotography #polinators #nature #insects #hoverflies #hoverfliesofmastadon #hoverfly #hoverflyphotography
The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
2273 followers · 851 posts · Server mastodon.ie
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
#WorldBeeDay Special.
A fact and a confession:
I’m The Bee Guy and I talk to bees.
On a regular basis.
I greet them as they pass.
I apologise for us.
I ask if they’re okay.
And #trees
And #birds
And #wasps
And #hoverflies
And #ladybirds
And #butterflies
And #frogs
But mostly #bees
Especially #bumblebees
Try it.
#theBeeAt3 #worldbeeday #trees #birds #wasps #hoverflies #ladybirds #butterflies #frogs #bees #bumblebees
amesbot · @amesbot
13 followers · 85 posts · Server beekeeping.ninjaGood-news bees: more than a colorful buzz in the blooms https://www.honeybeesuite.com/good-news-bees-more-than-a-colorful-buzz-in-the-blooms/ #Virginiagianthoverfly #otherpollinators #good-newsbees #hilltopping #pollinators #hoverflies
#virginiagianthoverfly #otherpollinators #good #hilltopping #pollinators #hoverflies
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland · @beesanctuaryireland
1257 followers · 124 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 91.
Bees have allowed me one more day on #hoverflies.
They don’t sting.
Their larvae feed on aphids.
Great friends of organic growers/gardeners.
Around 180 reported species in Ireland.
Rigorous when it comes to grooming.
😎
#bee #bees #beesofmastodon
#beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary
#bumblebees #solitarybees #gardening
#nature #organic #vegan #savingbees
#pollinators #fun #flowers
#theBeeAt3 #hoverflies #bee #bees #beesofmastodon #beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #bumblebees #solitarybees #gardening #nature #organic #vegan #savingbees #pollinators #fun #flowers