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03-07-2008, 05:40 PM
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| | | Bug-eyed Hoverfly!!
Today, whilst in my garden, I suddenly found I was being watched  by a hoverfly with the hugest eyes I have ever seen!  I have never seen this one before and it seemed fascinated by me and what I was doing, (pottering) It stayed around for some minutes until I moved too much and it was off! I have to say it felt a little spooky to have a pair of eyes in mid air concentrated on me so intently
It doesn't eat humans does it by any chance?
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03-07-2008, 05:48 PM
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| | | Re: Bug-eyed Hoverfly!!
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Originally Posted by naturegirl  Today, whilst in my garden, I suddenly found I was being watched by a hoverfly with the hugest eyes I have ever seen! I have never seen this one before and it seemed fascinated by me and what I was doing, (pottering) It stayed around for some minutes until I moved too much and it was off! I have to say it felt a little spooky to have a pair of eyes in mid air concentrated on me so intently
It doesn't eat humans does it by any chance?
Naturegirl | Wait till you meet it's daddy 
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03-07-2008, 05:52 PM
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| | | Re: Bug-eyed Hoverfly!!
What colour was its eyes ? Some Horse flies have big eyes but they can (not always) be quite colourful.
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03-07-2008, 06:22 PM
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| | | Re: Bug-eyed Hoverfly!!
Could it have been an Epistrophe eligans, if they're still out?
See  , this is also the one in-flight in my Avatar. I only mention this as they ARE quite big when hovering - larger than Marmalade's and S. rubesii.
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04-07-2008, 09:01 AM
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| | | Re: Bug-eyed Hoverfly!!
Volucella males, particularly Volucella pellucens, hover like this. |
04-07-2008, 07:34 PM
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| | | Re: Bug-eyed Hoverfly!!
Thanks for the comments guys, especially "wait 'til you meet it's daddy"!!!!! I didn't notice the colour of it's eyes, sorry. I did notice that it had a flat body typical of hoverflies which had small, thin stripes across it.
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