Hoverflies

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. It is also complicated when you start including a few foreign specimens. So, in this case I’m using alphabetical sequence of binomial name.

Cheilosia	Cheilosia illustrata

Chrysotoxum cautum	Chrysotoxum festivum

Dasysyrphus albostriatus	Dasysyrphus albostriatus

Epistrophe eligans	Episyrphus balteatus

Eristalinus punctulatus

Eristalis arbustorum	Eristalis nemorum

Eristalis pertinax		Eristalis tenax

Eristalis intricaria

Eupeodes corollae	Eupeodes luniger	Ferdinandea cuprea

Helophilus fasciatus	Helophilus pendulus	Helophilus trivittatus

Leucozona lucorum

Melangyna cincta

Melanostoma scalare

Meliscaeva cinctella	Merodon equestris

Myathropa florea

Palpada furcata	Paragus haemorrhous

Parhelophilus frutetorum	Pipiza sp

Platycheirus	Platycheirus rosarum

Rhingia campestris	Sericomyia lappona

Sphaerophoria scripta	Syritta sp

Syrphus ribesii	Syrphus

Volucella bombylans	Volucella inanis

Volucella pellucens	Volucella zonaria

Xanthogramma citrofasciatum	Xanthogramma pedisequum