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Bee fly
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Christina Websell
2013-05-07 18:57:04 UTC
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Saw one today for the first time. I know they are widespread and common in
the South but I am not in the South.
Like a completely round bee with a huge proboscis and it its wings were
vibrating so much that I could hardly see them. It was feeding on
Honesty.
NickTheBatMan
2013-05-08 10:06:16 UTC
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Saw one today for the first time. I know they are widespread and common in the South but I am not in the South. Like a completely round bee with a huge proboscis and it its wings were vibrating so much that I could hardly see them. It was feeding on Honesty.
I saw 2 in different locations in North Yorks on Monday, first I've ever seen.
Managed to get a get a couple of photos of one of them and posted on a Facebook forum where they were i.d'd for me...

Also managed to get a couple of snaps of a Hairy Legged Flower Bee (Female) at the same location as the first Beefly, another 1st for me !
Christina Websell
2013-05-10 00:25:07 UTC
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"NickTheBatMan" <***@gmail.com> wrote in message

Also managed to get a couple of snaps of a Hairy Legged Flower Bee (Female)
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Might be something wrong with your camera

B***@speciesrecorder.rjseago.com
2013-05-08 19:43:42 UTC
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Post by Christina Websell
Saw one today for the first time. I know they are widespread and
common in the South but I am not in the South. Like a completely round
bee with a huge proboscis and it its wings were vibrating so much
that I could hardly see them. It was feeding on Honesty.
We indeed get them down here (Essex). They drop eggs near the nests of
various wasps beetles and other hosts, and their larvae parasitise those
hosts. However the adults are nectar feeders and indicate when spring has
arrived.
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Regards from Bob Seago: http://www.rjseago.com
Christina Websell
2013-05-09 22:20:56 UTC
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Post by B***@speciesrecorder.rjseago.com
Post by Christina Websell
Saw one today for the first time. I know they are widespread and
common in the South but I am not in the South. Like a completely round
bee with a huge proboscis and it its wings were vibrating so much
that I could hardly see them. It was feeding on Honesty.
We indeed get them down here (Essex). They drop eggs near the nests of
various wasps beetles and other hosts, and their larvae parasitise those
hosts. However the adults are nectar feeders and indicate when spring has
arrived.
--
Regards from Bob Seago: http://www.rjseago.com
I was thrilled to see it. I love insects.
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