Monts d'Ardèche 24 July - 5 August 2011

Hoverflies

Arctophila bombiformis
Bois de Cuze; 5 August 2011.

Callicera aurata	Chrysotoxum vernale
Bois de Cuze; 5 August 2011.	Mont Gerbier de Jonc; 28 July 2011.

Didea alneti
Bois de Cuze; 5 August 2011.

Eristalis jugorum	Megasyrphus erraticus
Col de Moucheyres; 31 July 2011.	Bois de Cuze; 31 July 2011.

Merodon spec.
Lachamp-Raphaël; 28 July 2011.

Milesia crabroniformis
Antraigues sur Volane; 30 July - 3 August 2011.

Spilomyia manicata

Bois de Cuze; 5 August 2011. In between short bouts of flight, the hoverfly rested on the vegetation. It vibrated first one wing for a second or so, then the other &c. till the next short flight. The two lower photographs shows this behaviour.

Volucella inanis
Aizac; 24 & 25 July 2011.

Volucella pellucens	Volucella zonaria
Bois de Cuze; 5 August 2011.	Aizac; 29 July 2011.