Since I have built my garden wildlife pond this colourful fly has become a regular visitor.
It is called the Sun Fly (Helophilus pendulus), and sometimes more than one visits at a time, buzzing around quite noisily, alighting on stones and vegetation by the pond. They buzz around each other, maybe male and female in a courtship dance? or maybe they are two males battling for territory?
Whatever they are doing, they are fascinating to observe.
Photographs taken May and June 2016, rear garden pond, Staffordshire.
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A hover fly, perchance? High on the cute scale. Love those little guys.
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You got it in one Sally! Yes, so colourful and full of energy. And of course some species larvae are good at keeping pests down for they love to eat aphids.
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They look similar to the Migrant Hover fly we get down here. Nice shots, Pete.
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Thanks, Ark 🙂 This is always a welcome visitor.
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