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Dark-edged Bee-fly Bee-fly in flight over hay meadow Bombylius major,Cumbria,Dark-edged Bee-fly,Kings Meaburn Click/tap to enlarge

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Bee-fly in flight over hay meadow

    comments (4)

  1. Cool shot - it looks like a flying fuzzball ;P. Posted 5 years ago
    1. Thanks, they're bonny but tricky little suckers to catch Posted 5 years ago
  2. Impressive proboscis! Posted 5 years ago
    1. It certainly is, there were 10 or a dozen out yesterday that I saw. Posted 5 years ago

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The Large Bee-fly, "Bombylius major", is a bee mimic. The eggs are flicked by the adult female toward the entrance of the underground nests of solitary bees and wasps. After hatching, the larvae find their way into the nests to feed on the grubs.

Similar species: True Flies
Species identified by NattyOne
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Uploaded Apr 10, 2020. Captured Apr 10, 2020 16:49.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/7.1
  • 1/1024s
  • ISO1250
  • 200mm