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image: Link to photographs of Baccha elongata (a hoverfly), Gosport, Hampshire, UK, this pic 03rd Oct 2007
Baccha elongata, male & female
image: Link to photograph of Eristalis pertinax on Hedera helix in my garden, Gosport, Hampshire, UK, 26 Oct 2006
Eristalis pertinax, female
image: Link to photographs of Eristalis tenax (Drone Fly), female, on Aster flower, Gosport, Hampshire, UK, 29th August 2007
Eristalis tenax (Drone Fly), female
image: Link to photographs of Eupeodes sp approaching Veronica persica flower, Gosport, Hampshire, UK, 21st March 2007
Eupeodes sp., female
image: Link to photographs of Helophilus pendulus in my garden, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
Helophilus pendulus, female
image: Link to photographs of Leucozona glaucia (a hoverfly), Derbyshire, UK
Leucozona glaucia , female
image: Link to photographs of Myathropa florea (a hoverfly), Gosport, Hampshire, UK
Myathropa florea , male & female
image: Link to photographs of Syrphus ribesii female, on Rosa, in my garden, Gosport, 05 Apr 2007
Syrphus ribesii, female
image: Link to photographs of Volucella inanis on Mentha aquatica in my garden, Gosport, 12 Aug 2008
Volucella inanis, female
image: Link to photographs of Xanthogramma pedissequum, 8th September 2008. web page with photos
Xanthogramma pedissequum, female
image: Xylota segnis (a hoverfly), male, on log pile, 31st May 2008
Xylota segnis, male

I have recorded at least 44 hoverfly species in my garden. Some of the other species include: Chrysotoxum festivum, Episyrphus balteatus, Eristalis nemorum (interruptus), E. similis, Syritta pipiens, Syrphus vitripennis, Volucella pellucens, and V. zonaria.


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