Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) at @bathcityfarm.bsky.social, #Bath #Somerset #UK.
This species has recently expanded its range, strongly linked to #climatechange
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Last week @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I had 5 days in Norfolk and the unexpected happened.

Thought to be extinct in the county, at Great Yarmouth we saw 3+ Lejops vitattus hoverflies including a pair in cop!

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Another dog-free wander along the #yeovilcountrypark Riverside Walk. More in captions. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @somersetwt.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #uknature #ukwildlife #ukbirds #ukbees #ukhoverflies #beeflywatch

I've always liked hoverflies but im starting to obsess with the ones coming to the garden with 2 migratory ones in the last 2 weeks both relatively common but not many records locally to me in Stoke-on-trent. #hoverflies #ukhoverflies

Photographed yesterday at Lamplighters Marsh (Bristol) - This yellow and black hoverfly is Myathropa florea. It's commonly called the 'Batman' hoverfly because of the shape of the marking on the top of the thorax. (16.04.26) #hoverflies #ukhoverflies #invertebrate #ukwildlife

Another first for me for 2025, Eristalis tenax female, drone fly its a honeybee mimic. The larva develop in organic rich pools (not aphid munchers - but good pollinators) Here enjoying Iris reticular Katharine Hodgkin. #ukhoverflies #eristalis #nature #pollinator #bbcspringwatch

A goodly haul at Ham Hill today - my first Orange Spot butterfly photos of the season, a White-Footed Hoverfly and two St Mark's flies making more St Mark's flies. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #ukbutterflies #ukhoverflies

More from Cerne Abbas this morning - Batman Hoverfly, female Azure Damselfly, one of two Green Hairstreaks and one of many Dingy Skippers. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @britishdragonflies.bsky.social #uknature #ukwildlife #ukbutterflies #ukdamselflies #ukhoverflies

Happy to get my Kenko extension tubes back. Tapered Drone Fly, Eristalis pertinax, in the garden. Nikon D7200, Nikon AFP 70-300mm DX and 12mm tube. @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #closeenoughphotography #ukhoverflies #ukwildlife #uknature #notquitemacro

Marmalade Hoverfly exploring a rose, and a Red-Tailed Bumblebee worker on Geum. There must be a Red-Tailed Bumblebee nest somewhere close, because the garden's full of them this year. @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbees #ukhoverflies #uknature #ukwildlife #ukinsects

Female Lunuled Broadtail, Eupeodes luniger. Very common, but always nice to see them, and my first photo of one in the garden. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #ukinsects #ukhoverflies #uknature #ukwildlife

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