Photographs of Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus), taken July 2015, rear garden , Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2015. Camera used Nikon D3200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.
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That fly looks very attractive. This is my first time seeing one. I had to do a double take, thinking it was actually a bee.
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Thank you for your comment, Sabiscuit 🙂 Yes, it is a hoverfly, and I always find it quite amazing how there are so many wonderfully coloured and patterned flies are out there.
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I’ve never found flies attractive and this is where the perspective of a nature lover is so valuable. xo
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Thank you 🙂 I appreciate that.
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Hoverflies are really special to me, because when I was just starting out using a macro lens they helped to introduce me to the complexity of identification. As far as I was concerned, if it looked like a bee it had to be a bee. Now that my eyes are better trained and I am much better informed, a hoverfly looks nothing like a bee. Beautiful shots, Pete–I know how hard it is to get sharp images when shooting a small moving subject at such close range.
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Thank you very much, Mike. Like you when I started out shooting macro I found it helped build my knowledge base of species.
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Nice shots of this little fly. Title of post is well suited!
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂 What struck me was that it was kind of matched to the colour of the rose it was on.
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