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Meet the bee-fly: The cute bee mimic with a dark side

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/bee-flies-cute-bee-mimic-with-a-dark-side.html

#BeeFly #Fly #Ecology #Entomology

keadamander (@[email protected])

https://pixelfed.social/p/keadamander/948569310629650459

> Hovering Through Spring #photography #helios #helios44 #helios44m #macroextentiontube #spring #springblossom #blossoms #flowerphotography #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #insectphotography #bee #beefly #pollinator #closeup #floral #petals #bokeh #springtime #gardenphotography #wildlifephotography #macro_perfection

Greater Bee Fly. So fuzzy!!

#macroPhotography #insects #diptera #beeFly #GreaterBeeFly

Greater Bee Fly, a tiny speck of an orange ball that we noticed flitting about the wildflowers. #Nature #insects #beefly #Ontario #Canada #insects

Male Downland Bee-fly (Villa cingulata), freshly emerged, on a Pyramidal Orchid. Today at Murhill Bank, Winsley, #Wiltshire (near #Bath).
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #insect #beefly #orchid #wildflower

I appreciate this fly's dedication to the goth aesthetic.

(It is a type of Bee Fly that is apparently found all over the NA continent but I don't think I've ever seen or at least noticed this particular kind until now.)

#yeg #yegGardening #gardening #BeeFly #fly #insect #BloomScrolling

I tracked down the illustrator of the above: Amanda Konishi. Here's that bee fly. #BeeFly #bombyliidae #diptera #insects #illustration https://www.instagram.com/p/DCrsP_kR4K6/

#FliegenderFlausch #BeeflyWatch Die Wollschweber (Bombylius) sind im Garten unterwegs! 🐝🥰 Da ich kein gutes Foto machen konnte, habe ich gezeichnet. 😇 #Dortmund #gardening #beefly #pleinAirpril #urbansketching #urbansketchers #inkdrawing #traditionalart #sketchbook #art #kleineKunstklasse

Yet another Dark-banded bee fly. They are extremely abundant this year. I had no idea though that the little Platycheirus albimanus (I think) hoverfly was present. With the shallow depth of field, they must be almost touching. A dramatic defence of territory by the smaller insect?

#insect #BeeFly #ecology

Another Dark-edged Bee Fly (Bombylius major).

Several of these were hovering but at around 20cm off the ground, in open sunshine over dried mud.

The Eristalis were also hovering but at around 1.7m and kept close to the hedge.

These were also hanging around their mining bee hosts.

#BeeFly #insects

just cute bee flies with some adorable sweets! 

This is available on mugs, shirts, pillows, and totes. #beeflies #beefly #pattern #artistshop

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Looks like a bee, but this is mimicry.

The large bee-flies (Bombylus major) are always fun to watch. Their proboscis appears to be almost as long as the fly itself.

#photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mft #microfourthirds #darktable #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #animals #wildlife #insects #bombylius #BombyliusMajor #flies #flying #BeeFly #wollschweber #GroßerWollschweber

A bee fly in the genus Geron. Per BugGuide, it's the only group of bombyliid that bobs up and down above a flower before landing. Anyone know why they do that? Madras, Oregon, USA. #diptera #fly #insect #nature #entomology #BeeFly #FlyDay