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This small fly (ca 6mm) was visiting some flowers on our patio on a recent sunny day.

Having processed the images, I realised that, having thought that I was following one individual very carefully, another individual (at least the last two images) was there later in the session.

I am fairly sure that the first on was Sphaerophoria scripta. Having struggled to identify the second one, I find that in the 2013 book “Britain’s Hoverflies” the authors say that the (other) females cannot be identified. Anyway, they are photogenic flies.

They were photographed at about life size and the images cropped.

Olympus EM-1 in aperture priority mode, Olympus 4/3 x2 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2 macro, 1/60 -1/250 at f13, hand-held.

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Jun 07, 2017 at 12:37 AM
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Like the last shot Harold.
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Jun 07, 2017 at 12:53 AM
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If you want a definitive id of a Hoverfly, take a look at Steven Falk's flickr collection. He has excellent examples of all of the Hoverflies. Full descriptions and habitats.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629600153789/

Regards, Brian.



Jun 07, 2017 at 05:22 AM
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Fizzog wrote:
If you want a definitive id of a Hoverfly, take a look at Steven Falk's flickr collection. He has excellent examples of all of the Hoverflies. Full descriptions and habitats.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629600153789/

Regards, Brian.


Brian,

Thanks for the link. By coincidence, I was looking in there yesterday.

He confims:

"Males of short-bodied Sphaerophoria's can only be safely identified by checking the male genitalia, and females can be extremely difficult to assign in the absence of males."

So, you have to catch then at it!

Harold



Jun 07, 2017 at 05:53 AM
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LordV wrote:
Like the last shot Harold.
Brian v.


Thanks, Brian.

Yes. I was tempted to put that one first but I stuck to chronological order.

I hope they are still around when the winds finally subside.

Harold



Jun 07, 2017 at 05:55 AM
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Great captures and colors. Hoverflies are so skittish, tried a few times but no luck yet.


Jun 07, 2017 at 07:00 AM
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Well done Harold. I agree with Brian - it's the last shot for me too ~ Ron


Jun 07, 2017 at 07:13 AM
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[nemphiz] wrote:
Great captures and colors. Hoverflies are so skittish, tried a few times but no luck yet.


Thanks.

If you want to see skitish, see tomorrow's images, from a new and unfamiliar lens!

surfnron wrote:
Well done Harold. I agree with Brian - it's the last shot for me too ~ Ron


Thanks, Ron.

Harold




Jun 07, 2017 at 07:39 AM





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