09/10/2016

[Jaybee]

Torrential rain throughout the night and up to 10am meant a very wet dandelion field and potentially very wet knees.
The one advantage of a small, "manicured", flat dandelion field is that all of the flowers can be scanned from just a couple of vantage points.
The hovers stand out like a sore thumb.
There wasn't many either on the dandelions or the edge vegetation and with a constant drizzle it was best left for another day.

http://northeastwildlife.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

Eristalis pertinax - male and female



Eristalis tenax - male


Helophilus pendulus - male and female



Melanostoma mellinum - female


Melanostoma scalare - female


Platycheirus albimanus - female


Sphaerophoria sp. - female


Link to spreadsheet

[Roger K.A. Morris]

Thanks John

I think the female H. pendulus is probably a male