I overheard part of a conversation between two hoverflies:
Horace: So, what has 4 wheels and flies?
Harriet: A garbage truck.
Harriet: What do bees call hover flies?
Horace: Wannabees!!!
This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is Between.
35 thoughts on “Hoverflies – a Conversation”
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Amusives 
Hi,
A beautiful close up shot. 🙂
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Thanks Mags!
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Okay, dumb question… what is a hoverfly?
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Hi BRC and Pensioner – the hoverfly looks a lot like a wasp, pollinates like a bee, and hovers like a helicopter. Very wonderful little critter to have in the garden.
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great photo
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Thanks RVingGirl!
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The same question as BRC 🙂
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Great bees 🙂 I wish 2012 offers you and your family health, peace and love. They will add the strength and harmony we all need.
– Pierre
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Madman – The Hoverflies and I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday!
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Right, thats the little thigs i kill in the summer to let the bees feed 🙂 they have two wings were bees and wasps have four 🙂
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Hi Pensioner – Apparently some hoverfly larvae eat aphids. I welcome them into my garden!
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Well, kill the aphids as well 😆 but if they are welcome in, i’m sure they can feed contented knowing that they won’t die 🙂
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Hi Pensioner – I’m a live and let live kind of gardener when it comes to all bugs except the Red Lily Beetle. I hand picked and killed those ones because they are a European import that has no natural enemies here!
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Nice photo. Happy Holidays.
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Happy Holidays to you too, Northern Narratives!
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oh what fun jokes. Your photo is beautiful. It makes me homesick for Spring to hurry up and get here.
Wishing you and your husband a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! 🙂
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Hi EC – I’m looking forward to longer days of sunlight, that is for sure! Seasons Greetings to you and yours!
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Great Entry my friend Happy Christmas to you and your family as well 🙂
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Thanks Jake, and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Fabulous capture!
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Thanks Fergiemoto!
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beautiful post
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Thanks Amar!
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awesome shot…loved the colours and the sunlight so beautifully reflecting on the bees
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Welcome AM – glad you enjoyed my bug story!
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Love your macro shots. This is a great one.
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Hi winsomebella – I’m glad I have a backlog of macro shots to get me through the six months of bug/greenery dormancy!
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just fabulous photo – but really great with the jokes…
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Thanks Jo – I was very surprised to find a number of bee jokes on the internet, and even more surprised by a hover fly joke!
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HA! HA!!…what fun!! And – what a terrific image!
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Thanks Marcie – I didn’t get my macro lens until late in the summer, so I’m looking forward to next spring to see what I other kinds of bugs I can take photos of!
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Your photo is brilliantly beautiful. I’d love to have that as a pin/brooch (as long as the bees can be trained not to sting.)
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Thanks pegoleg – I like bug booches. I have a very handsome spider that I wear on my coat. It startles many people!
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Ahhhhh…just what I needed. Bright. sunny. Orange. And watching someone (bees) else work. Perfect. Thanks, Margie. Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year to you too, Barb! I think I’ll have to post more sunny orange flower pictures to replace the lack of actual sunshine!
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