Making The Most of The Fading Blossoms

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Early November and this hoverfly is making the most of the fading rose blooms.

Photograph of Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) taken November 2016, rear garden, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D7200, with Nikon 18-55mm lens. Manual setting ISO 100. 1/200 sec. f/6.3. No flash, hand-held.

11/1611/16 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Hoverflies, Insects, Nature Photography, True Flies, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Diptera, Episyrphus balteatus, Flies, Hoverflies, Hoverfly, Macro, Macro Photography, Marmalade Hoverfly, Nature, Nature Photography, True Flies, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography 6 Comments

6 thoughts on “Making The Most of The Fading Blossoms”

Great macros :-))

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Pete Hillman says:

Nov 05, 2016 at pm

Thank You 🙂

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Great shots, Pete. The colour contrast is most effective.

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Pete Hillman says:

Nov 05, 2016 at pm

Thank you, Ark 🙂 I was just lucky to spot this small hoverfly on this sunny day.

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So nice to see shots of a still active hover fly on these remaining flowers, will have to wait until next year for my chance again😞

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Pete Hillman says:

Nov 06, 2016 at am

Thank you for your lovely comment, Belinda 🙂 We have been lucky so far because it has been fairly mild so far, but once the hard frosts set in all will perish here, sadly. But such is the cycle of life.

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