{"id":94643,"date":"2021-09-09T05:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=94643"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:37:25","slug":"other-things-with-wings-broad-headed-marsh-fly-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/09\/09\/other-things-with-wings-broad-headed-marsh-fly-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Things With Wings – Broad-headed Marsh Fly Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Broad-headedBroad-headed Marsh Fly on a Common Sunflower – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I love it when I take twofer photos. These Broad-headed Marsh Fly photos are twofers. I got the hoverflies and the blooming Common Sunflowers in the same frames. Both photos were taken in the marshes from the auto tour route at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 The top photo in 2019 and the bottom image in 2017.<\/p>\n

Broad-headed Marsh Flies are hoverflies from the Syrphidae<\/span><\/a> family. Hoverflies often look like bees or wasps but they aren’t and they don’t sting. Adult hoverflies feed on nectar and pollen.<\/p>\n

When I am not photographing birds I often notice other things with wings and I can’t resist taking images of them, and why would I?<\/p>\n

\"CommonCommon Sunflower with a Broad-headed Marsh Fly – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I also enjoy taking photos of the wildflowers I see in the field and at this time of the year blooming Common Sunflowers are very abundant in many of the locations I head to. Having insects or spiders on the sunflowers in my photos is a bonus.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my insect and spider photos. Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These Broad-headed Marsh Fly photos are twofers. I got the hoverflies and the blooming Common Sunflowers in the same 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