Dandelion with Hoverflies
rperry's comments:
I was unable to cut the grass for sometime due to the wet summer and consequently the lawn was full of dandelions and clover. I noticed 2 hoverflies on a flower and thought they would make a good shot so I dashed in for my GF1. On my return I was pleased to see a gang of 5 hoverflies on the dandelion and quickly took the shot, handheld.
1:33 pm
Well taken! I’m no bug specialist but I think it’s unusual to see so many hoverflies on a single flower. Given that the central one is noticeably bigger than the others I wonder if you’ve actually caught something very rare here – a ‘queen’ and her suiters resting a while during the mating flight – over to the entymologists in the group
John
9:01 pm
Not thought about that, thanks for the comment John!
Cheers, Richard