🐞 The Woundwort Shieldbug – find of the week 🐞 I love the Pointillism on this Shieldbug – it’s as if like Georges Seurat painted it. #Bugs #BugSpotting #ShieldBugs #Natureart #Pointillism #Seurat
HoverflySpotterM.D
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Hoverflies & Nature's Joy. I am a Naturalist, Environmental Biologist & Data Analyst. Trustee of the British Naturalists' & recipient of the Richard Fitter medal. My sites are: https://hoverflyspotter.substack.com https://hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
Paragus haemorrhous, also known as the black-backed grass skimmer. A few of these in our #wildspaces garden this evening. @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social hope i have the correct identification
🕵️ Imposters hiding in plain sight 🎭 Furry Dronefly (Eristalis intricarius) - is a hoverfly that has evolved to look remarkably like a bumblebee—a clever form of mimicry that helps deter predators. 🎨 #Wildlife #NatureNotes #Hoverflies #Pollinators #NaturePhotography #GardenWildlife
🌙🦋 🌹 A rose between two Thorns 🌹 🌙🦋 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantari) caught in my moth trap last week. #NaturalHistory #HiddenWonders #InsectLife #BugSpotting #Insects #Moths #Rose #Thorn
🌙🦋 Micro – Moths 🌙🦋 Just as wonderful as the Macro Moths but generally smaller. Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis), Rosy Tabby (Endotricha flammealis), Oegoconia sp Caught these in my moth trap, are they not wonderful? #NaturalHistory #HiddenWonders #InsectLife #BugSpotting #Insects #Moths #MircoMoths
🦟 🌍 Now for something completely different……. 🏴 🦟 Hoverflies at the #CommonwealthGames My Choice of #Hoverflies to compete at the Commonwealth Games. A little bit of fun.. 🚴 🏃 🏊 #friendlygames #Glasgow #Scotland #Parasport #Art #Sport #Gymnastics #Athletics #Swimming #Weightlifting #Cycling
Hoverflies at the Commonwealth Games
What events would hoverflies compete best in at the Commonwealth games , given their agility, ability to hover, turn sharply & precision flight.
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Interesting behaviour. This Volucella zonaria perched in several positions around the air-brick and watched wasps flying in and out (there is a wasps' nest in there). After about ten minutes of watching, the hoverfly crawled in through one of the holes. #hoverfly #wasps #behaviour
🦟 🌍 Hoverflies at the #CommonwealthGames 🏴 🦟 The #friendlygames have begun. Well done #Glasgow #Scotland, a lovely opening ceremony – a big fan of the #Tunnock. #Parasport #Art #Sport #Gymnastics #Athletics If #Hoverflies were competitors which ones would you choose? All will be revealed tomorrow.
Waiting for me at the end of a walk in the woods, a magnificent female Volucella pellucens. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves #Hoverflies #Diptera 📷 #photography
🦟Why might a hoverfly – well hover?🦟 Find out in the post below 👇 #hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinators #nature #syrphidae #entomology #entomologist #naturalhistory
Are Hoverflies the Masters of the Air?
The function of any wing be it an insect or a bird is to give it manoeuvrability, to help catch its prey, avoid a predator, and for some hoverflies that lek even assist in mating.
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🔍 Hoverflies, Dragonflies and a few moths’ 📄 Here are some of my sightings for this last week. 👇 #NaturalHistory #Dragonflies #Hoverflies #Insects #BugSpotting #NatureWriting #Moths #MicroMoths #Pollinators #Entomology #Lepidopterist #Wildlife @ynuorg.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Hoverfly Spotter Jul26 Sightings – part 1
Outings with the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, leading a fieldcraft session with Barnsley Nats & moth trapping in my garden - come see what I found.
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🦟 A News Bee! 📄 To discover more click here hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2026/07/humm...
🐛 The BugSnug 🐞 I constructed this Bug Snug earlier this year with waste garden material . Look how it turned out. #pollinator #nature #bugspotting #Insects #everlastingpea #bugsnug Externally the bees, butterflies & hoverflies are loving it Internally lots of creepy crawlies inside loving it too.
👀 Ever get the feeling you are Bee-ing watched 👀 It was just sitting there watching me work this morning. #bees #bee #pollinator #nature #bugspotting #Insects
A female Chrysotoxum verralli (Verrall's Spearhorn) on mint flowers half an hour ago. Only my 2nd garden record of this localised wasp mimicking hoverfly. #FlyDayFriday #Dipera #Syrphidae #Hoverflies
🎲 Nature – themed card game 🎲 Enjoy playing cards? Love your Nature? Looking for something ecological to do with the kids? Well, this might be the review for you #Boardgamecafe #Ecosystem #BoardGames #TabletopGaming #GameCommunity #Bears #Wolves #Eagles #Meadows #Streams #Bees #Fish
Ecosystem – Nature Themed Board Game
A compact card game about building ecosystems—fun, accessible, and packed with subtle ecological themes.
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🚀 Sarek 🛸 Just finished this Star Trek book – really enjoyed this. Anybody else read it? Love the backstory about Spock’s father and the nod to re-unification. #ScifiBooks #BookTok #SciFiReads #Scifi #BookSky #Startrek #Sarek @startrekbookclub.com
Exquisite rendering of feather textures and natural patterns. The intricate detailing and harmonious color palette demonstrate strong observational skills and technical precision.
HoverflySpotterM.D@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social · 3w ago🐦 The Beauty of Feathers 🦃 I was captivated by the beautiful patterning of this pheasant feather—every detail was a delight to paint. #Feathers #Birds #Pheasant #Nature #Art #NatureIllustration
🦟 News Bee 📄 A little hoverfly buzzed in my ear today, I wonder want important news is coming??? Watch this space #hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinators #nature #naturalhistory #humming #flowerfly #folklore
⚽ Buzzing for Glory! ⚽🏆 Well done England! Here’s a hoverfly perfect for football with its stripy thorax. hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com/2025/09/hove... #WorldCup #England #Football #Hoverflies #Footballer #Soccer #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
Hoverfly - Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)
Footballer (Helophilus pendulus) a common garden visitor with details how to identify males and females
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🌼 Flowers from Ashberry nature reserve 🌼 Spotted on a wet Meadow. Bird’s Eye Primrose, Globeflower & Common Butterwort. #Flowers #Wildflowers #Marsh #Plants #NaturalHistory #NatureWalk #HiddenWonders #StayCurious
🦟 Hoverfly That Delivers the News !! 📄 Folklore suggests that when a hoverfly visits, it wishes to deliver news. Find out which hoverfly and its significance below. #hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinators #nature #syrphidae #entomology #entomologist #naturalhistory #humming #flowerfly
Humming Flowerfly (Syrphus ribesii)
Have you ever walked along a path or paused in a sunlit glade and noticed flies hovering at about head height? It might be this species of hoverfly.
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An unusual looking female Sphaerophoria sp hoverfly, I really like her markings, seen in my #Staffs garden, 08/07/26 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #Syrphidae #Diptera
🦟 Dark Copperback Hoverfly (Ferdinandea cuprea)🦟 Distinctive hoverfly – grey stripes on its thorax, brassy abdomen and dark markings on the wing. A sunbather often found on leaves or tree trunks. #hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinator #nature #syrphidae #entomology #entomologist #naturalhistory
