Female Dark Edged Beefly (Bombylius major) on Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica).

Female Dark Edged Beefly (Bombylius major) on Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica).

I’m late to the #Beefly party this year but here is my first photo of one for ‘26.

iPhone photos so not the best… but good enough.

Female Dark Edged Beefly (Bombylius major) on Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica). Seen in Bookham, Surrey

Wheeeee!

#Beeflies
#Bombyliidae
#Diptera
#entomology

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

To celebrate #DarwinDay2026 #DarwinDay - here is the Type of Anthrax primitiva (=Chrysanthrax) which was collected by the birthday boy from 'Galapagos' - and here is Francis Walkers original description #treasures #flies #beeflies #bombyliidae #collections

@dipterists.bsky.social

Kind of looks like an orange hairy bee

#InsectThursday!

Bee fly on a dandelion

#insect #macro #macrophotography
#Bombyliidae

Villa modesta - dune beefly #Bombyliidae

(Yes, I had a fab time in the sand dunes of Braughton Burrows)

These beeflies love a coastal dune and are often seen on umbellifers..Ta-dah

@dipteristsforum.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

Who is that guy? Anyone knows the species? Found in Rheinland-Pfalz, around Ramstein Landstuhl Kaiserslautern

#insect #insectphotography #bombyliidae #wollschweber #Exoprosopa #cleomene #jacchus #macro #macrophotography

Macro photo of a geron bee fly on Gregg's mistflowers in the garden, against a blurry green background

Seen in the mistflowers - a geron bee fly. Named for its hunchback, from the greek for "old man" -

#insectphotography #macrophotography #invertebrates #flies #diptera #Bombyliidae

A small fly a black and white body and with clear wings speckled in black, perched on a fingertip.

Bee flies are so friendly... Too bad this one has the unfortunate name of Anthrax irroratus!😅 Its English name is a little more mundane: Spotted Bee Fly. #Bombyliidae #Diptera #Yukon

Top: A Cutiefly looks at a Greater Bee Fly Bottom: A Ribombee throws her egg into a Flygon's nest Text: The existence of bee fly Pokemon implies the existence of Pokemon parasitoids

Professor Kukui must have left this detail out of the Pokedex entry.
#insect #bug #beefly #cutiefly #ribombee #bombyliidae #doodle

A plump, fuzzy fly; mostly dark chocolate brown with a white collar and a silver-white 'waist'. The long wings are banded and spotted with dark brown. A long, straight proboscis sticks out the front of its head.

Another spring milestone passed... the first bee fly of the year! This handsome one is the Pygmy Bee Fly, a close relative of (you guessed it!) the Greater, or Large Bee Fly. The larvae of these cute fellas are parasitoids of solitary bees. #Diptera #Bombyliidae

First #beefly of the year. Came into the shed. No pic - I was too slow 😞

#Bombyliidae #Insects #Nature #LifeOnThePlot

A plump, fuzzy bee fly sits on a dead pine needle on the ground. It has a white face and rump, and maroon eyes, but the rest of the body is black, with half black wings.

A gray and black peacock fly. It's holding its wings upright, with their undersides showing forward. The wings are spotted, and the fly looks like a peacock.

A small, elongate fly with small mirror patches on it. It has huge red eyes making up most of the head. It's resting on a leaf.

An extraordinarily thin black crane fly. The thin wings are also wrapped around the body, giving it a stick-like appearance. It has pale legs with dark knees.

Too many negative perceptions of true #flies, #Diptera, but they're SUPER diverse! Take a moment to appreciate a few of the many wonderful forms:

bee #fly; #Bombyliidae: #Ogcodocera
peacock fly; #Ulidiidae: #Callopistromyia
flat-footed fly; #Platypezidae: #Bertamyia
crane fly; #Tipulidae: #Orimarga

Fairly large bee fly.

#macrophotography #beefly #bombyliidae #InverteFest

Villa modesta (Dune Villa) #Bombyliidae

Cute little bee fly #Bombyliidae on flowers of Jerusalem buttercup Ranunculus millefolius today at Taibe, West Bank. Is it a Phthiria sp? @flygirlNHM @kitenet #Diptera #YearOfTheFly