Hoverflies may tend to mimic beasts that sting but they are an altogether more likeable bunch, IMHO. They come in an array of patterns and sizes and we’ve grown to love them. Our Hover-fly collection seems to be just about enough for a dedicated page, now, so here they are.
I’ve given up trying to follow a book sequence because I have trouble finding particular species in what sometimes appears to be a random sequence. So, in this case I’m using alphabetical sequence of binomial name.
| Cheilosia sp. | Cheilosia illustrata |
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| Chrysotoxum cautum | Chrysotoxum festivum |
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| Dasysyrphus albostriatus | |
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| Epistrophe eligans | Episyrphus balteatus |
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| Eristalis arbustorum | Eristalis nemorum |
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| Eristalis pertinax | Eristalis tenax | |
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| Eupeodes corollae | Eupeodes luniger |
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| Helophilus pendulus | Helophilus trivittatus |
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| Leucozona lucorum | |
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| Melangyna cincta | Melangyna sp. |
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| Melanostoma scalare | Meliscaeva cinctella | Merodon equestris |
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| Myathropa florea | |
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| Pipiza sp. | Platycheirus sp. | Platycheirus rosarum |
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| Rhingia campestris | Sericomyia lappona | Sphaerophoria scripta |
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| Syrphus ribesii | Syrphus sp. |
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| Volucella bombylans | Volucella inanis | Volucella pellucens |
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| Xanthogramma citrofasciatum | Xanthogramma pedisequum |
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