Tapered Drone Fly - Eristalis pertinax by julienne1

Tapered Drone Fly - Eristalis pertinax

One of our many hoverflies enjoying some red campion flowers
Beautiful capture!
August 21st, 2017  
Great capture. Almost looks like a bee.
August 21st, 2017  
A magical capture, fav
August 21st, 2017  
Beautiful focus Julienne
August 21st, 2017  
Fantastic focus and colours Julienne.
August 21st, 2017  
Great shot
August 21st, 2017  
@rickster549 yes it's one of many species of insects that have evolved to mimic bees and wasps to put off predators! The most distinctive difference is that hoverflies only have two wings but bees have two pairs
August 22nd, 2017  
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