A Hover I've never seen before.

[IanClark]

...at least I suspect it's a Hoverfly. This big fat Pie eater came barging its way in onto the goodies and stuck around for a few hours.

I thought initially it was a bee but when it begane to hover in the one spot, I knew it wasn't.

ps. These images are in my Macro section of my Smugmug Gallery. They're a better quality than what is showing here if you choose the original size. I've forced 800 pixels wide for the forum here and they appear to have lost a fair bit of overall quality.

1/400th @F6.3, ISO 200 -1.33ev natural light

1/250th @ F8, ISO 200 -1.67ev natural light

1/320 @ F4.5, ISO 100 -2.00ev natural light

1/200th @ F10, ISO 200 -1.00ev natural light

1/320 @ F11, ISO 200 -2.00ev natural light

And finally, here it is in flight.

1/320th @ F4, ISO 100 -2.00ev natural light

 

[IanClark]

...and a crop of the above image.

 

[CBA100]

Its either a DRONE-FLY or MYATHROPA FLORAE . I caught one today

 

[IanClark]

Ahhh very cool Thanks for the ID

Nice shot btw

 

[squishy]

It is a drone fly, Eristalis tenax to be exact (note the brown stripes on the eyes).
An excellent honey bee mimic.

The in flight crop looks nice.

 

[IanClark]

Cheers Adam