Rod Williams / Female hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on field bindweed Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, England, August

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) mating pair on Hogweed stalk, Oxfordshire, England, UK, June

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London. June

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on Tansy, Brockley, Lewisham, London, UK. August

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Brockley, Lewisham, London UK August

Rod Williams / Long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) flowers, Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Rod Williams / Long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) flowers, Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) Sussex, England, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Male Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) resting on grasshead, Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, England, UK, September.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on St John's wort, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, UK, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hover Fly (Sphaerophoria scripta) on chicory flower Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) on chicory flower Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy

Nick Upton / Male Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on Common ragwort flower (Senecio jacobea), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Male Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) feeding on Common ragwort flower (Senecio jacobea), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Hoverfly {Sphaerophoria scripta} using front legs to clean proboscis, Europe.

Premaphotos / Hover fly (Sphaerophoria scripta) on a Burdock flower head, UK

Andy Sands / Pair of Long hoverflies (Sphaerophoria scripta) mating on grass stem. Hertfordshire, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) pair mating. Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) pair mating. Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) female grooming its head while standing on grass flowers in a meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) mating pair, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked

Nick Upton / Long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) pair mating on a grass stem in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.