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Hover Flies (Family: Syrphidae)

Many hover flies are superb wasp and bee mimics, as you can see from the photos below. They are also prime pollinators. And as if that was not enough, the larvae of some hover flies are predators on aphids. If you have hover flies in your garden, consider yourself fortunate!
Hover fly (Lapposyrphus lapponicus)
Hover fly (Lapposyrphus lapponicus)		 Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)		 Hover fly (Chalcosyrphus vecors)
Hover fly (Chalcosyrphus vecors)		 Hover fly (Helophilus)
Hover fly (Helophilus)		 Hover fly (Helophilus)
Hover fly (Helophilus)
Hover fly (Parhelophilus)
Hover fly (Parhelophilus)		 Hover fly (Lejops subgenus Anasimyia) on iris
Hover fly (Lejops subgenus Anasimyia) on iris		 Hover fly (Lejops subgenus Anasimyia) on iris
Hover fly (Lejops subgenus Anasimyia) on iris		 Hover fly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Hover fly (Eristalis arbustorum)		 Hover fly (Somula decora)
Hover fly (Somula decora)
Hover fly (Eristalis)
Hover fly (Eristalis)		 Eristalis Hover Flies (Family: Syrphidae, Subfamily: Eristalinae)
:: Eristalis Hover Flies (Family: Syrphidae, Subfamily: Eristalinae) :: 		Hover fly, Possibly Criorhina sp., a bumblebee mimic
Hover fly, Possibly Criorhina sp., a bumblebee mimic		 Hover fly (Allograpta)
Hover fly (Allograpta)		 Hover fly (Allograpta obliqua)
Hover fly (Allograpta obliqua)
Hover fly (Helophilus)
Hover fly (Helophilus)		 Hover fly (Helophilus sp.)
Hover fly (Helophilus sp.)		 Hover fly larva with aphid
Hover fly larva with aphid		 Hover fly (Lapposyrphus lapponicus)
Hover fly (Lapposyrphus lapponicus)		 Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) prob.lasiophthalma
Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) prob.lasiophthalma
Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) prob.lasiophthalma
Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) prob.lasiophthalma		 Hover fly (Platycheirus sp.)
Hover fly (Platycheirus sp.)		 Hover fly (Somula decora)
Hover fly (Somula decora)		 Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)
Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)		 Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)
Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)
Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi )
Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi )		 Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)
Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)		 Hover fly (Spilomyia longicornis)
Hover fly (Spilomyia longicornis)		 Hover fly (Spilomyia longicornis)
Hover fly (Spilomyia longicornis)		 Syrphus sp., female
Syrphus sp., female
Syrphus sp., female
Syrphus sp., female		 Syrphus sp., female
Syrphus sp., female		 Hover fly (Syritta pipiens)
Hover fly (Syritta pipiens)		 Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)
Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)		 Hover fly (Syritta pipiens)
Hover fly (Syritta pipiens)
Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) female
Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) female		 Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus), female
Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus), female		 Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) male
Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) male		 Hover fly (Toxomerus marginatus) female
Hover fly (Toxomerus marginatus) female		 Hover fly (Toxomerus marginatus) female
Hover fly (Toxomerus marginatus) female
Hover fly (Sphaerophoria sp.)
Hover fly (Sphaerophoria sp.)		 Hover fly (Sphaerophoria) with entomophthora fungus
Hover fly (Sphaerophoria) with entomophthora fungus		 Hover fly (Volucella sp.)
Hover fly (Volucella sp.)		 Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) on Butterfly Weed
Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) on Butterfly Weed

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