a brown fluffy fly hovers over a small blue flower feeding through it's long proboscis.

Bee fly. March 2026

#beefly #BugSky #insects #nature #macro #sonyalpha #photography

Saw our first 2 Dark-edged Bee-flies (Bombylius major) in the garden this afternoon

First two Dark-edged Bee-flies of the year today in the garden in Hunstanton & one even stopped long enough for a quick snap. #beefly

A beautiful dark winged beefly

#InsectThursday & #ThursdayThrowback combined with a dark edged #beefly from 2nd April 2024, I was lucky enough to see a pair of these the Saturday before last, but they were so quick I couldn't get anywhere near close enough to photograph! Always remind me of batman! #Lancashire

Greater bee fly hovering over ground ivy flowers

Greater bee fly hovering over ground ivy flowers

Greater bee fly hovering over ground ivy flowers

Greater bee fly, funky looking! Look at that proboscis!

#beefly #photography #lovebugs

A black hoverfly with characteristic lemon yellow hook-shaped bars on the abdomen.

The garden is coming to life! Just saw and missed my first Dark Edged #Beefly (Bombylius major). However did catch a lovely Eupeodes luniger #Hoverfly on the pear blossom.

#diptera
#Syrphidae
#Bombyliidae
#enmology
#GardenWildlife

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Bombylius major, the Dark-edged Bee-fly (Diptera) found at Rhos Pil-Bach, Cardiganshire by Paul Taylor 📸. Recorded through WWBIC online at record.wwbic.org.uk. Thank you for sharing your records.

#beefly #parasites #bees #wwbic #westwales

Being cool and overcast has its advantages! This Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) was happy to pose on my finger tip yesterday in SE Shropshire #Diptera #BeeFly #Shropshire

A Dark-edged Bee-fly at rest amongst green vegetation. The Bee-fly has a dark central area on its thorax and abdomen surrounded by orange hairs and wings that has a dark patterning on the front of the wing and a transparent back edge.

A Dark-edged Bee-fly at rest ona piece of pale beige and amber rock. The Bee-fly has a dark central area on its thorax and abdomen surrounded by orange hairs and wings that has a dark patterning on the front of the wing and a transparent back edge.

Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) x 2.
#FlyDay #BeeFly

Bright blue flowers of Green Alkanet against a backdrop of a local nature reserve gate rail grassland and trees. There is a discrete blurry image of a Dark-edged Bee-fly on the tip of the upper leaf.

So as it turns out I still haven’t seen a #BeeFly so far this Spring as I completely missed this blurry furry individual clinging on to the Green Alkanet leaf when taking a picture for #WildflowerHour but maybe worth a tenuous entry for #WildWebsWednesday having perhaps filled up with nectar.

A bee fly approaching a pasque flower.

I took photos of Pasque Flowers today in our local nature reserve. Then this happened 👇

#flower #flowers #flowerphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #insect #insects #beefly #photo #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #ECK #PhotographersOfBlueSky #macro

The first #beefly of the year in the garden this morning 😍 #Spring #Equinox

Photo of a Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) in flight above a Primrose (Primula vulgaris). The Bee-fly, facing away from us and towards the left, is near the top right corner of the image, with parts of some the Primrose leaves below, and parts of two pale yellow Primrose flowers in the bottom left corner. The Bee-fly has a compact, rounded body with a dense hairy covering which is mostly brown, with some black. The wings are blackish along the leading edges and clear elsewhere. The dark legs are long, thin and gangly-looking. The long, black, pointed proboscis, which is a little over half of the Bee-fly's body length, is pointing downward.

Continuing my #BrandonMarsh thread with this Dark-edged Bee-fly, captured in flight above the #flower from which he had been sipping nectar with his long, rigid, needle-like proboscis. A bank of Primroses hosted around a dozen of these incredible #insects.

#Beefly #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🌿

Several dark-edged bee-flys in the garden yesterday, one finally sat still long enough for a photo! North Herefordshire #beefly

A furry, ginger fly with a long, needle-like proboscis, hovering to nectar from the blue flowers of a Grape Hyacinth.

A furry, ginger fly with a long, needle-like proboscis, hovering to nectar from the blue flowers of a Grape Hyacinth.

Yay! The first Dark-edged Bee-fly has appeared in Mum's Norfolk garden #beefly #bfly.social (hehe)

Saw our first Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) of the year today whilst out and about in the Ant Valley.
#beefly

Sunny day brought me 1st Bee-fly sightings of the year 😀 They were Dark-edged Beeflies (Bombylius major) #beefly

#beefly #flies #spring

First Dotted Bee-fly in the garden today, one of three species I normally find throughout the year

#Beefly

Zeichnung eines Wollschwebers auf gelbem Gelprinthintergrund, auf dem Netzstrukturen zu sehen sind, Buntstifte, Ölpastellkreiden auf Papier

13.3. Wollschweber
#animalmarch

#KleineKunstklasse #gelprint #acrylics #pencils #pastels #mixedmedia #art #beefly

1st Bombylius major of the year, 4 days earlier than last year, 04/03/26, Tamworth, #Staffs, and its a Male! @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social #beeflywatch @kitenet.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #beefly

Kinda reminds me of metal lapel pins

Found some old sketchbook doodles of my old VGC Ribombee that needed some attention.

( He's such a D I V A )

#Pokemon #Cutiefly #Ribombee #Nintendo #BeeFly #Fairy #FairyType #Bug #BugType #Alola #art #fanart #OC

Beefly Friday!

#BeeFly #Insect

Pollinators still loving the dahlias😊🐝🌸

#pollinators #bloomscrolling #dahlia #bees #beefly #latefall #photography #garden #gardening #flowers

Posted especially for Mike’s mom. Photo taken October 11, 2025, near Beegum Gorge, Shasta County, Northern California of what looks like a tattered Great Valley Gumweed flower with a Bee Fly. #wildflowers #photography #nature #ShastaCounty #beefly

So many nice friends out lately!

1. Bee Flies (E. agassizii & P. californicus)

2. Flower Beetle (C. vittatus[?])

3. Desert Brown Tarantula (A. hentzi)

4. Dark Firefly[?] (P. nigricans[?])

#entomology #arachnology #insect #beefly #beetle #tarantula #firefly

Today we have a lil bee fly adopt I made some years ago! Idk if anyone will buy it now, but I thought I’d share the lil guy

#beefly #animals #furry #furryart #anthro #anthroart #insect #insectsona #digital #digitalart #digitalartist #bee #honey #adopt #furryadopt #adoptforsale

Bee fly checking out my table

Bee fly! Not a bee, cannot sting. Just a pollinating friend. 🐝

#beefly

Noticed another fuzzy fella, this time a Bee Fly (Bombyliidae, species uncertain) hanging out in the shade. 🥰

#entomology #insect #fly #beefly #diptera

This is a close-up, in-flight photo of a bee-fly (family Bombyliidae) captured against a smooth green background. The insect has a fuzzy, brownish body and large, clear wings with darker edges. Its long, slender proboscis extends straight forward, used for feeding on nectar while hovering. The legs are extended slightly downward, and the image is sharply focused on the head and body, with the wings showing motion blur from rapid flapping.

#beefly #Nikon

A fluffy golden bee fly sits on a yellow flower bud with a green stem. There is a blurry yellow flower in the background. The fly is facing right and slightly downward, and it has a large, dark eye and a short dark proboscis. The photo was taken in Cochise County, Arizona, in September 2024.

Fancy golden bee fly, being fancy.

#insect #beefly #macro #photography #cutiefly #fluffy