Laurent Geslin / Shining-faced drone fly / hover fly (Eristalis tenax) male feeding on garden flower, UK

Laurent Geslin / Shining-faced drone fly / hover fly (Eristalis tenax) male on garden flower, ox-eye daisy, UK

Kim Taylor / Drone / Hover Fly (Eristalis tenax) female against a white background. Surrey, UK, May.

Stephen Dalton / Drone fly (Eristalis similis) in flight over summer bedding flowers, England, UK

Stephen Dalton / Dronefly (Eristalis similis) taking off from Snapdragon (Antirrhinum) flower, UK

Phil Savoie / Common dronefly (Eristalis tenax), feeding on Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May

Nigel Cattlin / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax), a bee mimic, on leaf. England, UK.

Heather Angel / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) nectaring on Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), pollen on body. Surrey, England, UK. February.

Heather Angel / Common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) nectaring on Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis). Surrey, England, UK.. February.

Rod Williams / A mating pair of drone flies (Eristalis tenax), Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, England, June

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Eristalis horticola) feeding on field bindweed Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. August.

Paul Bertner / Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax), Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve, Costa Rica