a pied hoverfly

I'm sure you've heard of a bird called a pied wagtail or  pied flycatcher.  Well, here's a much smaller pied variety species, a hoverfly - photographed on some lavender in my garden on a particularly hot day in July.

Fujifilm X-H2, TTArtisans 100mm f2.8 2x macro
1/60th of a second at f11, ISO 125
handheld

To see another two images, including an ultra close up of the insect's compound eye, just click below and enjoy the throwback to the 1970s (music wise at least!).