Nick Upton / Drone fly (Eristalis sp.) nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for bees and other pollinators for Buglife'...
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Rod Williams / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June
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Brent Stephenson / Male Common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) on a Variegated / Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) flower, Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.
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Alex Hyde / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Surrey, UK. October.
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Georgette Douwma / Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), close up of compound eyes. UK.
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Alex Hyde / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix) flowers. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, November.
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Kim Taylor / Hoverfly / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) male hovering, searching for females. Surrey, England, April.
Stephen Dalton / Dronefly (Eristais tenax) showing curved tibia and bands of hairs on eyes charactersitic of this species, Sussex, England, UK, August.
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Nick Upton / Two female Drone flies (Eristalis tenax) laying eggs in a damp hollow log at the margin of a pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.
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Will Watson / Male Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) and Common copperback hoverfly (Ferdinandea cuprea) on Corn sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis) flower, Herefordshire, England, UK. September.
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Will Watson / Female Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) nectaring on Grey sallow (Salix cinerea) catkin, Herefordshire, England, UK. March.
