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p.1 #1 · Hoverfly mum

I watched this hoverfly carefully checking and then laying an egg on the underside of a rhododendron leaf the other day. Then got a couple of shots after of it feeding on some sugar/honey syrup I'd painted on to some nearby camelia leaves before going back for some shots of the egg.
I think it's Syrphus torvus (the only Syrphus sp in the UK with hairy eyes).
I assume the egg is supposed to overwinter like that now.

Brian V.

Oct 19, 2012 at 06:29 AM

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p.1 #2 · Hoverfly mum

She is big. And is that how she lays, on a leaf?

Oct 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM

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p.1 #3 · Hoverfly mum

Hoverflies can overwinter as any stage in the life cycle. I don't know how much it is fixed within a species.

Harold

Oct 19, 2012 at 11:46 AM

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p.1 #4 · Hoverfly mum

MarkB1 wrote:
She is big. And is that how she lays, on a leaf?

Thanks Mark,
She was actually on the topside of the leaf and arched her abdomen to lay on the underside of the leaf. I assume it is normal for them to only lay one egg in each location which is often the underside of a leaf or bud - similar to their spring Summer egg- laying but unlike Spring/Summer laying there were no aphids nearby.

Brian v.

Oct 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM

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e6filmuser wrote:
Hoverflies can overwinter as any stage in the life cycle. I don't know how much it is fixed within a species.

Harold

Thanks for the info Harold

Brian V.

Oct 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM

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p.1 #6 · Hoverfly mum

excellent captures brian,and some great info.

Oct 19, 2012 at 01:48 PM

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p.1 #7 · Hoverfly mum

lovely shots

Oct 19, 2012 at 02:04 PM

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p.1 #8 · Hoverfly mum

Fantastic set Brian.

Birdie

Oct 19, 2012 at 10:18 PM

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p.1 #9 · Hoverfly mum

Thanks denis, michael and Birdie for the comments

Brian V.

Oct 20, 2012 at 06:51 AM

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p.1 #10 · Hoverfly mum

Very beautiful subject Brian, and nicely detailed.

Oct 31, 2012 at 01:36 AM

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p.1 #11 · Hoverfly mum

gmazza wrote:
Very beautiful subject Brian, and nicely detailed.

Thanks Gustavo
Brian v.

Oct 31, 2012 at 07:17 AM

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