Spotted pretty hawthorn blossom on our walk today, with insects which turned out to be hoverflies. Sometimes I’m just lucky. (Nikon D3000 DSLR)

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Thanks for looking. Take care.

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Bees & Bugs

Hoverflies and Hawthorn

In my garden this morning, these wasp mimics feasted on my Cineraria Silver Dust. (Nikon D3000) The bees don’t like the cineraria much but these flies always turn up each year.

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One is able to tell the various bee and wasp mimics apart from their wing venation. Next time I’ll attempt to identify this fellow properly. I had a look at the diagrams but my eyes glazed over. It’s probably a hoverfly.

Thanks for looking.

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Other Stuff

Hoverfly, sawfly, whatever…

Bees & Bugs

A Wasp Mimicking Hoverfly

I haven’t identified this drone or hover fly exactly, but it is definitely one of the bee and wasp mimicking fly species. This one is feeding on a milk thistle flower. Since I’ve been so busy with writing, the thistles have long-passed the seeding stage. The birds and insects love it. My ‘wild garden’ theme is a bit extreme!