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lisawilliams30.bsky.social
Eristalinus sepulchralis hoverfly, seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes, 01/08/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #hoverfly #fly
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
Definitely one of my favourite discoveries this year, the California flannelbush tree 🌳 This tiny hoverfly likes it too 😀🌼🪰💛
#hoverfly
December 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
callenh.bsky.social
Transverse flower fly. #TransverseFlowerFly #EristalisTransversa #TransverseBandedDroneFly #SyrphidFly #HoverFly #Fly #Insect #Animal #Photography #UniversityOfWisconsinArboretum #Madison #Wisconsin
A transverse flower fly resting on top of a wildflower. It is facing down left. The fly is mostly brown, with yellow markings on top if its body, which make it appear to be some kind of bee. The wings are transparent.
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
Hoverfly in a poppy
🌼🪰💛
#hoverfly
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
chops1952.bsky.social
#Photography #Nature #Flower #Hoverfly #Insect
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
swandiveswim.bsky.social
#Insect #Hoverfly #Eschscholziacalifornica
A hoverfly on a California Poppy for a splash of colour on #FlydayFriday
A light orange poppy surrounded by green foliage; there is a small black with yellow stripes, hoverfly in it's center.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
wren-falcon.bsky.social
Happy #flyday!! I'm really happy with this image of Hypocritanus fascipennis, the eastern band-winged hover fly.
#insect #fly #Diptera #Syrphidae #hoverfly #macro #photography
(P.S. I did also upload this to Wikipedia - it was in need of a better image :p)
A top-down photo of a mostly dark hover fly with a long, skinny abdomen and a large, dark spot on each wing. It is perched on a flower, and pollen is visible on its eyes, wings, and abdomen.
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
Drone fly living his tastiest life amongst the nemesia 😍
#hoverfly
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
#hoverfly stuffing his chops with cosmos 🌼🪰💛
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
pollinera-horizon.eu
📢 Our sister project, WildPosh, has recently presented a new oral toxicity test for the #hoverfly species on Eristalinus aeneus.

In PollinERA, we are focusing on another hoverfly species - Sphaerophoria scripta.

Learn about the findings below 👇🏼
wildposh.eu WildPosh Project @wildposh.eu · 18d
Hoverflies are important non-bee pollinators. Yet, they remain overlooked in risk assessment when it comes to pesticides.

WildPosh researchers are trying to fill this gap by presenting a new oral toxicity test for Eristalinus aeneus, a widespread hoverfly species.

wildposh.eu/news/new-wil...
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
pollinatoracademy.bsky.social
✨ Pollinator Spotlight ✨

Today, we’re shining a light on the fascinating hoverfly genus, Lapposyrphus! Have you spotted the Lapposyrphus specie? Share in the comments! 👇

#Pollinatoracademy #PollinatorSpotlight #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Hoverfly #Lapposyrphus #Europe
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
klcoombs.bsky.social
Into the pink.

#macromonday #coloraday #pinkmon #melbourneaustralia #hoverfly #melbourne #insects #flyday #melaleuca #australiannative #melaleucanesophila #pinkflowers #bloomscrolling #photographersofbluesky #photography #photooftheday #nature #melangynaviridiceps #blueskymonday #minimalmonday
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
stevieparsons.bsky.social
Not too many insects around on the last day of November, but this Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) was still living its best life on a late flowering Yarrow. South Wales 30/11/25 #insect #hoverfly #WildFlowerHour
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
#hoverfly living his best life absolutely stuffing his chops 😀😍
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
wren-falcon.bsky.social
Happy #FlyDay! I'm not entirely confident on what this little guy is, but I'm thinking Parasyrphus.
#Diptera #Syrphidae #photography #macro #hoverfly
A close-up of the head of a hover fly. It has pollen on its face. A side view of the same hover fly. A top-down view of the same hover fly. It has a yellow-and-black striped abdomen, red eyes, and a brown, shiny scutum (between the head and the abdomen).
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
Drone fly in a daisy 🌼 🪰💛
#hoverfly
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
It’s an absolute unit of a Batman hoverfly 😍🌼🪰💛
#hoverfly
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
safeguard-pollinators.eu
📢 New #SafeguardPractices data updates the list of European #bee and #hoverfly species and centralises knowledge of #pollinator distribution across Europe.

www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
wren-falcon.bsky.social
Happy (belated) #flyday! Here's a Syritta pipiens (common compost fly) I saw earlier.
#diptera #fly #syrphidae #hoverfly #photography
Side-on view of a hover fly perched on a stem. It is black and white, with some red. In the background is an orange flower. The same hover fly, shown from a slightly different angle and perched on the orange flower.
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
A drone fly enjoying a delicious meal of pink yarrow 🌼🪰💛
#hoverfly
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
thebeeguy.bsky.social
Yep.
You’re right.
Not a bee!
But rather a bumblebee-mimic hover fly!
The Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens) to be precise.
No stinger.
Only two wings.
And again - landscape or portrait orientation - still not a bee!
#hoverfly
#nature
#biodiversity
#insects
#farming
#worldbeesanctuary
#education
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
thebeeguy.bsky.social
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 217

A research paper on visitation rates to flowers on farms revealed this worrying fact:

‘The visiting activity of other pollinators (excluding bumblebees/honey #bees) was too low to detect general trends within and between years.’
#nature
#hoverfly
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
pollinatoracademy.bsky.social
Meet the expert… Andrea Aracil Gisbert 🌼

Read more about Andrea in this post! Do you have any questions for her? Let us know the comments 👇🏻👇🏾

#PollinatorAcademy #Meettheexpert #Pollinators #Hoverfly #Taxonomy
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
f-scott-f.bsky.social
#Hainschwebfliege
#Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade #Hoverfly
#insectsphotography
#photography #nature
#macrophotography
#makrofotografie
#diptera
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
rocketcoral.bsky.social
A drone fly enjoying the fabulous flower displays down at The Beach caravan park earlier this year. Their flowers are incredible, they attract so much wildlife, which in turn attracts a me. Not sure that’s the desired effect but yano 😂🪰😍
#hoverfly
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM