My favourite hoverfly

The rather large Volucella zonaria feeding on some Hebe flowers.

Brian V.

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I haven't been to these forums in years. I didn't even look at the name posting my first click and immediately after scrolling to see the first photo I said "This is LordV right here!"

You're still an inspiration after all these years and I notice you're shooting Sony now? I'm about to go through your previous posts to see when you switched and if you've offered any opinions on your current setup.

VegasBoz wrote in post #19258490
I haven't been to these forums in years. I didn't even look at the name posting my first click and immediately after scrolling to see the first photo I said "This is LordV right here!"

You're still an inspiration after all these years and I notice you're shooting Sony now? I'm about to go through your previous posts to see when you switched and if you've offered any opinions on your current setup.

Thanks for the comments. I've not swapped completely over to sony. I just bought some of their older bodies when they were on offer as they had much better specs than any similarly priced canon offerings- still using canon fit lenses with adapters.

Brian V.

Very nice they were very rare before WWII but now I see a couple most years - which is more than the yearly records in the 1930s1

davholla wrote in post #19258772
Very nice they were very rare before WWII but now I see a couple most years - which is more than the yearly records in the 1930s1

Thanks for the comments and info - yes I see them every year in the garden along with V. pellucens and V.inanis

Brian V.

Lovely captures Brian.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19264067
Lovely captures Brian.

Thanks Lester

Brian V.