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Hoverfly

Syrphidae

Photo by sunnyjosef
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Brightly colored hoverfly.

Habitat:

Meadows

Species ID Suggestions

Hoverfly

Asarkina porcina

Reference Link
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Comments (41)
BonnieLewis
Oh my goodness! What a fantastic creature. What fantastic shots! Great job!
JoshuaGSmith
I could never get close enough to one for a photo!
G Mohandas
Great shot!!! I have never seen a insect being photographed while flying.
Agustín Amenabar L
This is some beautiful hoverfly, and such good pictures, all three of them. Congrats!
sunnyjosef
Thank you Sckel, rams4d, ceherzog and EnvUnlimited for your comments...
fridafireworks
You are such a talented photographer! Thank you for sharing this picture. :)
sunnyjosef
Thank you beaker98 or your appreciation...
beaker98
Very impressive capture on that first one! That couldn't have been easy:) Amazing!
LaurenZarate
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful fly. You caught it in flight perfectly!
sunnyjosef
Thank you koixtreme.... Hoverflies are relatively easy to shoot because they remain at the same spot for some time comparing to bees and dragonflies!!!
koixtreme
How in the world did you manage to shoot such a stunning shot...!!! Very nice spotting, I agree with namitha!

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PublishedAugust 8, 2013

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