Hoverflies

Lord Vetinari

Some recent hoverfly shots from the garden.
Brian v.

Hoverfly egg laying under dahlia bud just above aphid infested stems



Hoverfly larva - a lean mean aphid eating machine.



Hoverfly adults on miniature hebe flowers









Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum - natural light - focus stacked using zerene stacker

jaharris1001

wonderful series Brian !! were shots 3-6 shot with natural light as well ??

SnoopMacro

All of the shots are excellent.

The tones and highlights of the HF in #4 came out very well right next to the
whites of the flower, which is also well exposed.

Ken

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Jim and Ken for the comments
Jim - no all flash except the last shot.
Brian v.

DeVil

Beautiful series of shots!

Wicked_Dark

hoverflies are some of my favorites. they are friendly little bugs. thanks for putting this together.