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Male Hoverfly Feeding on White and Yellow Flowers in a UK Summer Garden

Syrphid flies, A hoverfly on a flower, A close-up

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An oblique-banded Pond Fly pauses on a leaf in the Canadian boreal forest.

A hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) sitting on a green leaf, sunny day in springtime, Vienna (Austria)

Yellow and black hoverfly is sitting on a white flower.

A macro shot of a hoverfly on a leaf against a blurred background

Myathropa florea Hoverfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Hoverfly perched on yellow flower in the garden. Example of mimicry between insects.

An fly sitting an a straw, blurred background, bokeh fruit fly

A beautiful fly syrphus torvus sits on the tip of a green leaf

Cornflower in an English country garden with a hover fly.

$Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs specifically Detritivores [1] eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores, preying on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.\n\nInsects such as aphids are considered crop pests, and therefore the aphid-eating larvae of some hoverflies are economically and ecologically important. The larvae are potential agents for use in biological control; while the adults are pollinators.\n\nAbout 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most mammals, though many species are mimics of stinging wasps and bees, a mimicry which may serve to ward off predators.$

$Close-up head and body detail of a Common Drone Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) resting on a daffodil flower on an early, sunny, spring day. Good overall body detail.\n This is a common hover fly species found in gardens, meadows and hedgerows throughout the British Isles. It is called a Drone hover fly because it mimics the drone, or male, bee. This is a very beneficial insect as the adults feed on nectar, pollinating a wide range of plants as they do so. The larva is known as a ‘rat-tailed maggot’ because of its’ long telescopic breathing tube.$

Episyrphus balteatus Hoverfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on a white flower, sunny day in summer, Vienna (Austria)

Batesian wasp mimic foraging on a purple flower.

A close-up of a hoverfly (Meliscaeva sp.) hanging upside down on a green leaf. The fly's body is black with yellow stripes, and it has large, compound eyes. Wulai, Taiwan.

Marmalade hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus on a blossom of Scabiosa ochroleuca the cream pincushions or cream scabious

A single yellow coreopsis with a hoverfly.

Aphid eating flies in the wild, North China

European hoverfly (Helophilus trivittatus) on a flower

Cornflower wildflower macro with hoverfly

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