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hoover-flies---

LyndabLyndab Posts: 32
in Wildlife gardening

I had a bunch of flowers with a Lily in.  Scent was so powerful, I decided to put it in a single vase outside.

Went out shortly afterwards and it had been invaded by stripey flies, which I thought were Hornets but my other half said they are Hover Flies.

I have decided to call them HOOVER flies, because on  a real close up, it looks as though the pollen is being sucked up....!!

 

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Does anyone know what these things are really called ?

 

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,612

    Hoverflies

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Definitely hoverflies Lyndab. Nice picimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    My kids used to call them horror flies when they were little



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LyndabLyndab Posts: 32

    Thanks one and all for confirming my other half was right and I was wrong....Agh - that's another one I have lost....image

     

    Never mind,  they will always be HOOVER flies to me..image

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