Stephen Dalton / Hover fly {Eristalis arabustorum} raising it legs shortly after take-off from Fleabane leaf, UK

Kim Taylor / Hoverfly males 'marking' a plantain head mistaking it for a female, UK, Digital composite.

Premaphotos / Yellow-legged moustached icon male hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) (bottom), Marmalade icon hover fly (Episyrphus balteatus) (top left) and Lesser drone fly (Eristalis arbustorum), UK

Premaphotos / Drone / Hover flies (Eristalis arbustorum) (left) and (Eristalis pertinax) (right) on a chrysanthemum Court Jesters flower in a garden, UK