Hoverfly Laying

Hoverfly laying an egg on the underside of a hawthorn leaf
in the back garden of my house in Hayes.  27 July 2011.

This is a crop from a much larger photo.  I didn't have time to get a better shot, nor was I able to photograph the whole insect.  The hoverfly, I think it was a Sphaerophoria scripta, was moving quickly from leaf to leaf, settling on the top surface and curling its abdomen round like this to deposit a single egg each time. Here, it was happening above my head and I snapped it while I had the chance.