Hoverflies (Syrphidae)

Caliprobola speciosa male resting on a leaf in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Brachypalpus valgus male gathering nectar of a flower of Barren Strawberry in a wet meadow near the forest. Limousin, France.

Hornet Mimic Hoverfly female resting on a shrub in a calcareous rocky slope. Murel, Lot, France.

Chrysotoxum female gathering nectar of a Cupid's dart flower. Vercors, France.

A nice hoverfly female that resembles a wasp with tabanid eyesforaging scabious flower in an alpine meadow. Col de Lachau, Vercors, France.

Ferdinandea cuprea, a large hoverfly, on a Common chicory flower. Limousin, France.

Long Hoverflies mating, the female is on the right and Long Hoverflies mating, the female is on the right and the male on the left, in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Long Hoverflies mating, the male is on the right and the female on the left, in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.