Species

Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography

A footballer hoverfly resting on a leaf. It has black and yellow stripes on its thorax, like a football shirt

The footballer

A bumblebee mimic hoverfly on a purple thistle flower. It's a fuzzy black and yellow hoverfly with a white tip to the abdomen, looking just like a bee. It's given away by its large eyes and short antennae

Bumblebee mimic hoverfly

Batman hoverfly

Crane fly (Tipula luna)

Daddy longlegs

St Mark's Fly

St Mark's fly

Broad Centurion

Broad centurion

Downlooker Snipefly

Downlooker snipefly

Twin-lobed Deer-fly

Twin-lobed deer-fly

Hornet Robberfly

Hornet robberfly

Marmalade hoverfly © Nick Upton/2020VISION

Marmalade fly

Heineken Fly

Heineken fly

Common banded hoverfly

Common banded hoverfly

Hornet Mimic Hoverfly

Hornet mimic hoverfly

drone fly

Drone-fly

Narcissus Bulb Fly

Narcissus bulb fly

Notch-horned Cleg-fly

Notch-horned cleg-fly (horse fly)