A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Hoverflies (Syrphidae)

Hoverfly (Cheilosia illustrata) ? on Hogweed
Grassland. Nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05

Hoverfly (Cheilosia sp.) ? on Euryops
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Chrysogaster solstitialis) ? on Wild Angelica
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) on Wild Carrot
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on Tulbaghia     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on Field Milk Thistle
Banks of the River Tavy, Maristow, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 21.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum) ? on Ragwort
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum) ? on Wild Carrot
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Eristalis pertinax) on Wild Carrot
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location)

Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) on Field Scabious
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location)

Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) ? on Ragwort
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax)
Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall.
10.09.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Eumerus sp. - E. strigatus or E. tuberculatus)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Eumerus sp.)
Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall.
10.09.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae) ?
Blagdon's Meadow, Embankment Rd., Plymouth, Devon. 13.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Ferdinandea cuprea) on Calystegia
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 23.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
Blagdon's Meadow, Embankment Rd., Plymouth, Devon. 30.06.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) on Gypsywort
Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Leucozona glaucia) - female
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Leucozona glaucia) - male
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare) -female
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Meliscaeva auricollis)
Dozmary Pool, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 17.07.06 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Meliscaeva cinctella)
Woodland. Morwellham canal, Morwellham, Devon. 27.07.06 (Public Location)

Bulb Fly, Large (Merodon equestris forma equestris)     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 25.05.06 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) - male     top-view
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) - female     top-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri) on Crinum     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) resting on Crocosmia leaf     face-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 23.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) ? on Ragwort
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) ? - mating
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta - female or S. menthastri ?)
Grassland. Nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05

Hoverfly (Sphegina sp. - possibly S. elegans) - top view     side-view
Near pond in wood. Warleigh Point Nature Reserve (DWT), Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
23.05.06 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) on Tulbaghia coddii
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 15.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens) on Ragwort
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 18.08.05 (Private Location)

Hoverfly (Syrphus vitripennis) on Ragwort     side-view
Grassland. Nr. CSA Building, Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05

Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans var. bombylans)
Ford Park Cemetry, nr. Central Park, Peverell, Plymouth, Devon. 08.06.06 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)
Wooded path near sewage works. Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 22.08.05 (Public Location)

Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum) resting on oak
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 11.06.04 (Public Location)

Hoverflies to identify  -

5. Hoverfly - Manor Park     face-view     side-view
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Public Location)
Small hoverfly, wings cover abdomen when resting, in flight the abdomen appears blue spotted.

6. Hoverfly - Eristalis interruptus ?
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.05 (Private Location)

7. Hoverfly (Meliscaeva auricollis or Parasyrphus punctulatus) ? - Wasdale 1     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.09.05 (Private Location)

8. Hoverfly - Wasdale -2
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.09.05 (Private Location)

9. Hoverfly - Wasdale -3
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.09.05 (Private Location)

Identifications with help from Leon Truscott and Steve Covey of [UK-Hoverflies].

Recommended websites:
Dipterists Forum - Hoverfly Recording Scheme
Hoverflies of Adur
Bioimages - Virtual Field-Guide