While I was hunting for dragonflies the past Friday at Meadowood Recreation Area in Lorton, Virginia, I managed to get this shot of a hoverfly (family Syrphidae) on what I was told was blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) by some folks conducting a wildlife survey.
I had no idea what blue-eyed grass was, so I turned to the internet when I got home. It turns out that blue-eyed grass is not actually a grass, but a perennial plant of the iris family, and sometimes it is not blue. According to Wikipedia, the genus of blue-eyed grasses includes up to 200 species that may have blue, white, yellow, or purple petals.
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Mike Powell 
Blue-eyed grass was everywhere here this spring. I’d never noticed it before, or known what it was, but it’s a lovely little plant, and that’s right about the colors. The ones I’ve seen range from a clear, soft blue through a kind of lavender blue with a pinkish glow in the right light.
I saw the little flowers, but I too had no idea what it was. It is quite pretty. I was actually focusing in on a single flower with my macro lens when the hoverfly in my shot chose to land on that same flower.
Blue eyed grass is something I look forward to each spring. It’s a beautiful flower and the hoverfly shows perfectly just how small it is.
Thanks, Allen. The beauty of the tiny flower was what attracted me and the fact that a hoverfly flew in as I was focusing on the flower was a real bonus.
Great shot of a very small object!
Thanks. I love shooting with my macro lens and the hoverfly came into the frame at just the right moment.