The summer vacation of 2019 brought with it several new species of hoverfly for me. This is one of them, a Xanthandrus comtus which is a nice species with unusually long wings and distinct (but different) markings on the abdomen on both the female (like this one) and the male.
The beautiful pink flower it is visiting here is a rugosa rose (Vresa rugosa) and the fly up top sharing the goodies is some sort of root-maggot fly (Anthomyiidae sp.).
For a shot with just the hoverfly, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48625898901/
