Pal Hermansen / Hoverfly in flight, backlight, Norway, September.

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

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) feeding on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) flower, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Kim Taylor / Volucella Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) feeding on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Surrey, UK, June.

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

Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), using proboscis to feed on pollen from anthers of Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans) feeding on flower. This species is a Bumblebee mimic, UK

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) feeding on (Cynara sp) flower, UK.

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

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

Phil Savoie / Rhino snout hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) flying to Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.