Not a great picture of the Common Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri), but you try taking one of these litte hovvery feckers with a phone!
This is possibly the most common Hoverfly in the UK (although rare in Scotland).
It can be distinguished by its cream-coloured crescent-shaped stripes along its back, and its relatively large (for a Hoverfly) size, apart from anything else.
Whilst the adults feed on nectar, the larvae chow down on aphids - good news if our (not abundant population yet) BlackFly take a foothold on our fifteen Maris piper plants.
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