Brian Stone
A Stone chatting
Find a male and the length of the abdomen (longer than wings) is diagnostic.
Hi all,
I was lucky enough to enjoy watching about seven species of hoverfly in one spot along the Grand Western Canal in Devon a few days ago when the sun came out.
I also got a few photographs of some which I have hopefully correctly identified?
NET Hoverfly 001 : Eupeodes corollae
NET Hoverfly 002 : Episyrphus balteatus
NET Hoverfly 003 : Eupeodes corollae
NET Hoverfly 004 : Eristalis pertinax
NET Hoverfly 006 : Volucella pelucens
Cheers,
Andrew.
This is an excellent intro to hoverflies:
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/hoverflies.htm