Andy Sands / Hover fly (Rhingia campestris) showing its distinctive long snout, feeding on Water Mint, West Sussex, England, July

Nick Upton / Snout / Duck-billed Hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) sun-basking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Snout / Duck-billed Hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) feeding from Mexican Orange blossom (Choisya ternata) Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Robert Thompson / Hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) feeding on nectar from flower, Selshion Moss, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, May

Kim Taylor / Snout / Hover fly {Rhingia campestris} close-up of compound eye, Surrey, England.

Kim Taylor / Snout fly / Hoverfly {Rhingia campestris} on Water avens flower, UK.

Kim Taylor / Snout fly / Hoverfly {Rhingia campestris} on Water avens flower, UK.

Premaphotos / Black-rimmed snout hover fly (Rhingia campestris) on a yellow Iris flower, UK