Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Hover Fly

Not sure if this is a Fly or a Hover Fly. Whatever it is, it's very spikey! It wasn't until I got home early this afternoon, after going on half of a bird walk followed by a couple of hours of the semi-annual Weaselhead Clean-up, that I discovered something. When I cropped and enlarged this photo, I saw that this Aster has those beautiful coiled petals like another photo I uploaded a few days ago. How clever that nature has designed these Asters to coil so carefully. I wonder if any other flowers do the same thing when they begin to die.

Thought the black and white striped body of this insect was most attractive.

These Hover Flies mimic the Yellow Jackets (wasps). These two are on a Goat's-beard flower.

Hover flies have only one pair of wings, whereas wasps and bees have two pairs. The Hover Fly mimics various bees and wasps by copying the bold yellow and black warning colours.