Hover Fly

Turkey 1981Forkland Islands 1984Portoguish Azores 1985
Scott:B185 Scott:396 Scott:350
Hover Fly
Syrphus vitripennis
(Syrphidae)
Hover Fly
Syrphus octomaculatus
(Syrphidae)
Hover Fly
Sphaerophoria nigra
(Syrphidae)
British Jersey 2008Bulgaria 1993Rwanda 1973
Scott:3718 Scott:501
Large Migrant Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria
(Syrphidae)
Flower fly
Scaeva pyrastri
(Syrphidae)
Flower fly
Senapsis oesacus
(Syrphidae)
West Germany 1984United States of America 1999Berlin 1984
Scott:B619 Scott:9NB212
Hover Fly
Chrysotoxum festivum
(Syrphidae)
Flower Fly
Milesia virginiensis
(Syrphidae)
Flower fly
Eristalomyia tenax
(Syrphidae)
Slovenia 2003Turkey 1982Solomon Islands 1991
Scott:B191 Scott:684
Olive Fruit Fly
Bactocera oleae
(Tephritidae)
Olive Fruit Fly
Dacus oleae
(Tephritidae)
Melon Fly
Dacus cucurbitae
(Tephritidae)
Slovenia 2000Cape Verde 1988
Scott:520
European Cherry Fly
Rhagoletis cerasi
(Tephritidae)
Fruit Fly (Left)
Tephriti tephriti
(Tephritidae)


Hover Fly
Melangyna viridiceps
(Syrphidae)
(DIPTERA)


The friend of Hover Fly is as the name fly which inhales the honey of a flower. It does not stab, although mimicry is carried out to the bee and it is well mistaken for a bee. Distinction attaches fly from a back wing degenerating and it being visible only like a front wing simply to it turning out clearly that the friend of a bee has four wings.
The friend of flat fly is small fly very good at an air stop flight. A male carries out an air stop flight in a sunny place, and waits for a female. While copulation also flies, there is also a kind performed in the air. A female lays an egg near Common Aphid, carrying out an air stop flight.

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