The ramblings of the warden of this reserve on the Lizard peninsula in west Cornwall, UK, comprising 205 acres of grassland, heathland, arable fields, willow scrub and ponds. It is jointly owned by Cornwall Bird-Watching and Preservation Society and Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Interspersed with the latest news and sightings you will find my retrospective blog outlining the development of the reserve. Please note this is a personal, unofficial account and is not necessarily endorsed by the owners.
Friday, 16 July 2010
Hoverflies
I've noticed that several of my fellow bloggers have been publishing photos of invertebrates recently, so not to be out out-done, here are a few hoverflies from the farm.
Clockwise from top left:
Helophilus trivittatus
Helophilus trivittatus
Helophilus pendulus
Syrphus ribesii
Scaeva pyrastri
Leucozona glaucia
"British Hoverflies" by Stubbs and Falk is one of my favourite natural history books. All of these shots were taken with my dawn-of-the-digital-age Nikon Coolpix 4500, which I originally bought for digi-scoping, a really exasperating activity which I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy.
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They are amazing!!! Great stuff
ReplyDeleteLovely hoverflies mate. I'm going to have to take more notice I think.
ReplyDeleteLove all these images,fine sellection of Hoverfly.
ReplyDeleteYour Macro looks superb,love the colours yellow works well.
John.
PS,sorry i almost missed this post.
Love your macro photos!
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