Couple of hovers

Lord Vetinari

Couple of recent hoverfly captures. Both hovers were feeding on some sugar/honey syrup.
Brian V.

Episyrphus balteatus




Drone fly

mishal

woow brin
Well done

DeeBug

Great shots Brian,every time I try to get near these little sods they take off! Lol one day...

Davy

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Mishal and Davy.

Davy- they are a lot less nervous if they are feeding.
Brian v.

DeeBug

Hover
Hi Brian,

Finally managed to get a Hover, not quite happy with it 100%,but it's a first!

DeeBug

Looking at yours, its defo got more hair than mine lol,its a lot warmer here in Turkey though!

paddler4

Great shots. The last one is quite amazing. I can only get that close to flying bugs when they are dead or very, very cold.

Lord Vetinari

DeeBug wrote: »

Hi Brian,

Finally managed to get a Hover, not quite happy with it 100%,but it's a first!

Davy - congrats on your first - a lovely capture

Brian v.

Lord Vetinari

paddler4 wrote: »

Great shots. The last one is quite amazing. I can only get that close to flying bugs when they are dead or very, very cold.

Thanks for the comments Dan. Feeding them works pretty well to keep them in one place
Brian v.

DeeBug

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Davy - congrats on your first - a lovely capture

Brian v.

Cheers Brian,much appreciated

kombizz

love your captures