Hoverflies of the High Peak Derbyshire.

Family: Diptera, Syrphidae

All found within the environs of the Old School Field Hayfield, the river Sett runs along the Southern boundary Swallow House Lane the Northern SK22 2

Volucella inflata © `Phil Gee

Common name: Hoverfly
Species: Volucella. pellucens - a female

Exif : Compact Camera Leica D-Lux3

 

© Phil Gee

Common name: Drone fly
Species: Eristalis tenax ?
On Ragwort

 

Helophilus pendulus © Phil Gee

Common name: Marmalade Hoverfly
Species: Episyrphus balteatus

 

© Phil Gee

Common name: Hoverfly
Species:Neoascia podagrica ?


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