graftandspur · @graftandspur
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Hoverfly and honeybee AGM in Helenium corner at Woodlands Hall

#bloomscrolling #gardening #gardenersofmastadon #hoverflies #bees

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Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
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@kofanchen

According to inaturalist.org/taxa/343983-Vo 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 inaturalist.org/observations/1 This one seems like a mimic as well, but its larvae grow on detritus in moisty ground.

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Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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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.

#hoverfly #hoverflies #diptera #wildlifegardening #gardening #wildlife

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Axel Steiner · @Natur
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Keine "Hummel", sondern die Hummel-Keilfleck| ( intricaria). Typischer Fall von . Auf dicke Hose machen, aber nix dahinter - inkl. Hummelgebrummsel.

#schwebfliege #Eristalis #Mimikry #Artenvielfalt #nature #insekten #insects #natur #diptera #syrphidae #schwebfliegen #hoverflies

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Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
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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 inaturalist.org/observations/1 over rugged (relatively speaking) terrain straight into its nest.

#iphonephotography #insects #hoverflies #diptera #ants #formicidae #hymenoptera #entomology

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David Mcmillan · @hermitsholiday
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Stirling & Clacks SWT · @stirclacswt
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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? Lots of Peacock butterflies too.

#hoverflies #butterflies #invertfest #scottishwildlife

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Stirling & Clacks SWT · @stirclacswt
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Single 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.

#invertfest #scottishwildlfowers #hoverflies #scottishwildlife

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Stephen · @AnCaoladoir
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Hoverfly approaching a catsear flower.

#wildflowers #bloomscrolling #hoverflies

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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

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Walter S. · @truecolour
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Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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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.

#wildlifephotography #wildlife #woodland #hoverflies #diptera #insects

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Walter S. · @truecolour
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The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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
And
And
And
And
And
And
But mostly
Especially
Try it.

#theBeeAt3 #worldbeeday #trees #birds #wasps #hoverflies #ladybirds #butterflies #frogs #bees #bumblebees

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amesbot · @amesbot
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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 91.

Bees have allowed me one more day on .
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.
😎





#theBeeAt3 #hoverflies #bee #bees #beesofmastodon #beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #bumblebees #solitarybees #gardening #nature #organic #vegan #savingbees #pollinators #fun #flowers

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