Homepage › Forums › Photo Critique › Catch All › Macro and Close-ups › Some kind of fly–What am I? This topic is empty. Some kind of fly–What am I? BrickeeParticipant June 10, 2008 at 7:50 pm I don.t know it’s name. Jim shutterbugParticipant June 10, 2008 at 9:39 pm Probably Fred or Bert or something like that :) :) Lovely colours in the wings, bit on the soft side but nice all the same. osheadParticipant June 10, 2008 at 9:40 pm Looks like a Hover-Fly. I don’t know the Latin name though.. Dave OS BrickeeParticipant June 10, 2008 at 9:56 pm Thanks for your comments Shutterbug and Dave, All I know is that he is very small the bud he is sitting on is just under 1/16 in. Jim osheadParticipant June 10, 2008 at 10:02 pm You should try catch them in flight. Good fun… :x Dave OS BrickeeParticipant June 10, 2008 at 10:30 pm Nice capture Dave. I don’t think mine is a hover fly though. It looks more like a mini Bee. osheadParticipant June 10, 2008 at 11:17 pm There’s a few different varieties. They look like wasps and kinda fly like them too. BrickeeParticipant June 10, 2008 at 11:18 pm Another Veiw. What am I? Jim osheadParticipant June 10, 2008 at 11:24 pm Nice shot. Try this link. http://bugguide.net/node/view/14930. Maybe you can ID it there. Dave OS BrickeeParticipant June 11, 2008 at 12:41 am Great site Dave. I found it . Toxomerus politus, an uncommon to rare type of Syrphid fly. This one is approx 5-6mm and female. Thanks for the tip. Jim osheadParticipant June 11, 2008 at 10:05 am Nice, glad to be of help. :) Dave OS BrickeeParticipant June 13, 2008 at 12:11 am Very helpful, loads of info there. Jim Viewing 12 posts - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic.