Hover Flies (Syrphidae) Photo Gallery by Fletcher Wildlife Garden at pbase.com

Hover Flies (Syrphidae)

Many hover flies are superb wasp and bee mimics, as you can see from the photos below. They are also prime pollinators. And as if that was not enough, the larvae of some hover flies are predators on aphids. If you have hover flies in your garden, consider yourself fortunate!

Hover fly (Eristalis sp.)	Hover fly (Helophilus)	Hover fly larva with aphid
Hover fly (Allograpta obliqua)	Hover fly (Eristalis sp.)	Hover fly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Hover fly (Eristalis sp.)	Hover fly (Eristalis dimidiata)	Hover fly (Eristalis dimidiata)
Hover fly (Eristalis tenax)	Hover Fly (Eristalis transversa)	Hover fly (Eupeodes sp.)
Hover fly (Helophilus sp.)	Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) prob.lasiophthalma	Hover fly (Melangyna sp.) prob.lasiophthalma
Hover fly (Platycheirus sp.)	Hover fly (Somula decora)	Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)
Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)	Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi )	Hover fly (Spilomyia sayi)
Hover fly (Spilomyia longicornis)	Hover fly (Spilomyia longicornis)	Syrphus sp., female
Syrphus sp., female	Syrphus sp., female	Hover fly (Syritta pipiens)
Hover Fly (Syritta pipiens)	Hover fly (Syritta pipiens)	Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) female
Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus), female	Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) male	Hover fly (Toxomerus marginatus) female
Hover fly (Toxomerus marginatus) female	Hover fly (Sphaerophoria sp.)	Hover fly (Sphaerophoria) with entomophthora fungus
Hover fly (Volucella sp.)	Hover fly (Toxomerus geminatus) on Butterfly Weed

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