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 / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) taking off from Snapdragon flower, UK

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

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) flying into spider's web, UK

Kim Taylor / Male hoverfly hovering {Eristalis sp.} Europe.

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

Alan Williams / Hoverfly (Helophilus trivittatus) pair mating on Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower. Cheshire, England, UK. June.

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.