{"id":17648,"date":"2012-07-18T22:50:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/hoverfly\/"},"modified":"2012-11-15T15:34:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:34:33","slug":"hoverfly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/insects\/hoverfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoverfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers. Sericomyia silentis, is a species of hoverfly. It is widespread throughout Britain and Europe but normally encountered in small numbers in boggy locations.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-94-17648\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-572\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-6.jpg\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-571\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-5.jpg\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-570\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-4.jpg\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-569\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-3.jpg\" title=\"Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland | \u00a9 2011 Ken Billington\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland | \u00a9 2011 Ken Billington\" alt=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoverfly-sericomyia-silentis-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-568\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/hoverfly-2.jpg\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Hoverfly-\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/thumbs\/thumbs_hoverfly-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Hoverfly-<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-567\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/hoverfly\/hoverfly-1.jpg\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis) at Brow Head, Co. 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