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I mistook this initially for a hoverfly, because its hovering. Silly me! Can anyone confirm my second guess, Ophyra spec.?

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and is it the same as this one?

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In my experience, most hovering calypterates are Fannia, but this one looks to have a metallic colouration, so Ophyra may be more likely.
The second fly is Lonchaeidae. (It has no suture across the thorax, so is an acalypterate.)

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Ophyra can also hover persistently, in my experience.

Keep on a lookout, though, for the Syrphid Psilota (very rare !)
is quite intermediate between the Ophyra and Lonchaeidae shown here.

Theo Zeegers