Flower Photograph - Hoverfly Elite by Richard Thomas

Hoverfly Elite is a photograph by Richard Thomas which was uploaded on August 26th, 2014.

Hoverfly Elite

This is a type of hoverfly I have been trying to capture for some time, they're somewhat camera shy. Larger than the standard hoverfly, they also... more

by Richard Thomas

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Title

Hoverfly Elite

Artist

Richard Thomas

Medium

Photograph - Photo - Digital Art

Description

This is a type of hoverfly I have been trying to capture for some time, they're somewhat camera shy. Larger than the standard hoverfly, they also have a hairy body, less like the more plentiful smooth hoverfly, more like a bee, which it is presumably mimicking. There is less and shorter hair than with a bee, also there are no pollen sacks on the legs. Those wrap around reflective compound eyes could easily have been the inspiration behind wrap around sunglasses for humans, -these appear at any rate to be the "dudes" of the hoverfly family, at least in my garden, given that there are 70 different UK species overall.

Uploaded

August 26th, 2014