Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) on leafy ground cover
Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) hoveirng at a flower and feeding on nectar
A couple more pictures of dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major). These were taken at Lower Failand, North Somerset last week (19.03.26). Entries now on iRecord. #BeeFlyWatch #invertebrate #insectphotography #ukwildlife @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
Good to see that people have been enjoying watching bee-flies for almost 400 years 😀 #BeeFlyWatch
Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, this afternoon in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul Kedington #Suffolk
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Detail from a book showing an illustration of a Dark-edged bee-fly, annotated by hand as ‘Bombylius Major. L:’
Someone updated this copy of Thomas Moffet’s ‘Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum’ (1634) with the Linnæan name for the Dark-edged bee-fly, Bombylius major (Linnæus, 1758) and other insects. 🪰💚
Rare books #BeeFlyWatch, M.14.42 @theul.bsky.social. #Diptera
A beautiful close-up of a Dark-edged Bee-fly, what a stunner! The lack of sightings of bee-flies this year was noted at the @ynuorg.bsky.social conference at the weekend. We hope to see more of these fluffy signs of spring during #BeeFlyWatch this season! @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
Dotted #BeeFlyWatch
#BeeFlyWatch see thread for video clip as well 📹
If you are seeing bee-flies please remember to add details of your sightings to iRecord (or iNaturalist) so they can help us study these species dipterists.org.uk/bee-fly-watch 🙏 #BeeFlyWatch
A Bee-fly on a round green Cranesbill leaf.
Bee-fly on a Cranesbill leaf this Thursday, Summerfield, Cambridge. #BeeFlyWatch #Diptera 📷 #photography
A Bee-fly rests on dead leaves in spring sunshine
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major, at Connah's Quay, Flintshire, yesterday (21.03.26). My first of the spring. #BeeFlyWatch
Always joyful to behold! Our first 2026 #gardenwildlife record of Bombylius discolor #Diptera #Bee-fly SE Hants VC11 @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social it wasn’t the only critter sunning itself this afternoon .. hence the opportunistic photo ;) #BeeFlyWatch
Dotted bee fly in the afternoon sunshine. Mickleton, N Cotswolds, garden. 21/3/26 #BeeFlyWatch #diptera #bombyliusdiscolor @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Dark edged beefly in Clapham Woods, with sounds of Spring birdsong.
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Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, this afternoon in the churchyard of St Peter's Carlton #Cambridgeshire obligingly resting on a leaf in the sunshine. #BeeFlyWatch
Happy Vernal Equinox - and Happy Flyday! Dark-edged/Greater Bee-fly (Bombylius major) in a Bournemouth churchyard today. #BeeFlyWatch
Hurrah! There were plenty of Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, busy on the Primroses at Hutchinson's Bank in Croydon yesterday! #BeeFlyWatch
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Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) settled on a garden sleeper.
Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, in our front garden today in Norwich.
Saw my first of the year nearby yesterday.
Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) - Woodland Trust share.google/7B9L00GwblIo...
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Dark-edged Bee-fly on Blackthorn.
Montage of six hoverflies.
Montage of three Eristalis hoverflies.
I didn't realize there was a #BeeFlyWatch hashtag. Better add my first Dark-edged from Ealing in West London on Saturday (14/03/26). Had my first hovers of the year on Saturday too.
A male Dark-edged bee-fly on a green Bramble leaf.
My first Dark-edged bee-fly of the year today! On The Backs in Cambridge, briefly resting on a Bramble leaf. Recorded for #BeeFlyWatch. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
