Are you looking at me?

April 19, 2014February 8, 2022 / Michael Griffiths / Leave a comment

Sunrise: 06.05 Sunset: 08.12

Hoverfly bedding down for the night.

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Hoverfly bedding down for the night.

Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax.

April 11, 2014February 8, 2022 / Michael Griffiths / 2 Comments

Sunrise: 06.21 Sunset: 08.00

I photographed my first hoverfly of this year, last night.

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Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax.

Bee aware that Eristalis pertinax is not a bee, it’s a hoverfly – also known as a drone-fly.

May 12, 2013February 8, 2022 / Michael Griffiths / 3 Comments

Sunrise 05.18 am Sunset: 08.54 pm

Eristalis pertinax is a European hoverfly. Like Eristalis tenax, the larva of E. pertinax is a rat-tailed maggot and lives in drainage ditches, pools around manure piles, sewage, and similar places containing water badly polluted with organic matter.