Photographing British hoverflies in flight
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Why is it that the more difficult and frustrating something is the more we attempt to do it? Photographing hoverflies in flight must be one of the most challenging forms of insect photography and yet I still find it impossible … Read More

British hoverflies: Eristalis pertinax
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The identification of many British hoverflies is not easy and many require good views of various parts of the anatonomy that aren’t always possible in the field. This hover was photographed as it paused briefly over some early flowering heather. … Read More

British hoverflies: Sphaerophoria scripta
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These hoverflies are quite common in Cornwall. This one was busy on the grassland between Poldhu Cove and Church Cove on The Lizard. Insight into Sphaerophoria scripta: a long and thin hoverfly, its marking are very variable although there is … Read More

British hoverflies: Platycheirus albimanus
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Last week, the sun certainly brought the hoverflies out along a sheltered hedgerow bordering the South West Coast Path beside the Helford River in Cornwall. I was trying, and failing miserably, to take a photograph of a very unco-operative Speckled … Read More

Our First Hoverfly of 2011
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Eupeodes luniger is our first hoverfly of 2011. It was feeding on Common Field-speedwell at Kennack Sands, part of the National Nature Reserve on The Lizard in Cornwall.

Hoverfly: Xylota sylvarum
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Latin name: Xylota sylvarum Family: Syphidae This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall and Devon county boundary

Hoverfly: Xanthogramma pedissequum
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Latin name: Xanthogramma pedissequum Family: Syphidae This photo: Marsland valley, Cornwall and Devon county boundary

Hoverfly: Helophilus trivittatus
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Latin name: Helophilus trivittatus Family: Syphidae >> Eristalinae This photo: Glebe Cliff, near Tintagel, North Cornwall

Hoverfly: Volucella zonaria
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Latin name: Volucella zonaria Family: Syphidae >> Eristalinae This Photo Location: Portishead near Bristol

Hoverfly: Chrysotoxum bicinctum
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Latin name: Chrysotoxum bicinctum Family: Syphidae This Photo Date: 24 July Location: garden, Marsland valley, North Cornwall and Devon county boundary

Hoverfly: Volucella pellucens
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Latin name: Volucella pellucens Family: Syphidae >> Eristalinae Flies: May to September This Photo Date: 22 July Location: garden, Marsland valley, North Cornwall and Devon county boundary

Hoverfly: Chrysotoxum elegans
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Latin name: Chrysotoxum elegans Family: Hoverflies (Syphidae) Flies: May to September Date: 30 June Location: Duckpool, Cornwall

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