A Snipe Fly

Found this little chap on a rusty sculpture on West Park. I didn't know what it was but I got a broad ID from a Facebook insect group- its a Snipe Fly (Rhagionidae)

Taken with my Oppo phone

Some mini beasts

 Been pootling around the house with the macro lens.

A Lacewing, a large black Aphid, a Zygiella x-notata and a Fruit Fly (Drosophila)

Some garden macros

 Dug out my macro lens and put on a homemade flash diffuser over the pop up flash. I need to work on it.

The last flower is from a potato plant in the garden!

Hoverfly on Oak Leaf

He stayed really still while I got up as  close as I could with the macro lens.

Canon 30D + Vivitar 100mm macro lens

Hoverfly on Pignut

I came across this Syrphid browsing on a flower head of Pignut, and got a shot with the Panasonic bridge camera.

Fly

Found this little one on our kitchen window yesterday, and managed to get really close with the macro lens for a handheld shot.
I've just discovered this is a species of Empis, and  a female at that, thanks to Paul on diptera.info!