Macro, Side View Detail of a Dark Edge or Large Bee-Fly (Bombylius major) Feeding on nectar from a Primrose Flower (Primula vulgaris).

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Close-up detail of a Dark Edge or Large Bee-Fly (Bombylius major) feeding on nectar from a Primrose flower (Primula vulgaris) on a bright spring day. Good detail of mouth parts as it feeds. This is a common bee-fly species found on sunny patches in gardens, meadows and hedgerows throughout the British Isles. It is a parasitic fly laying its eggs on ground nesting and solitary bees

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Size: 4312px × 3064px
Location: Torrington, Devon, England.
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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