myathropa florea – Jill Orme Photography

17 Apr 2022

Chummy

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Moths, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’m posting two photos again this evening. The extra was my first subject of the day – a beautiful, fresh Angle Shades, which R found in the front garden this morning while he was cutting the grass, and carefully mowed … Continued

5 Oct 2021

Slurpy

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I know I posted a Myathropa florea just a few days ago, and I did actually photograph one or two things today that were much more unusual than this (for me, at least), but I simply can’t resist showing you … Continued

26 Sep 2021

Batwoman

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

One of my favourite hoverflies to find on ivy flowers during the autumn is Myathropa florea: I love its striking colouring, and the bat-shaped smudge on the back of its thorax that gives the species its common name. Interestingly, I … Continued

23 Oct 2020

Hanging on

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I had a few candidates for tonight’s post, including some quite nice fungus that I found in the garden this morning, and a handsome little orb-weaver spider. In the end I’ve chosen this female Myathropa florea, feeding on ivy, because … Continued

28 Jul 2020

Batwoman

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This isn’t the most exciting thing I photographed today but it has turned out to be my favourite photo, because I love the contrast between the rather saturnine hoverfly with her Batman logo, and the delicate, snowy froth of the … Continued

4 May 2020

Batman

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The common name of the hoverfly Myathropa florea comes from the grey and black marking on its thorax – more clearly seen in today’s extra – which (for those of you with active imaginations) is said to resemble the logo … Continued

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