Bombylius major
Every year about this time I have fun trying to photograph these little chaps as they take nectar from the Pulmonarias in my garden. They are very quick - even quicker than the bees they imitate.
This is the best from todays batch - at 1/500 sec the wing beats are very blurred - tomorrow I'll try using shutter priority and make sure that I use closer to 1/2000 sec to try and get things sharper.
The larvae of these flies are parasitic on the nests of solitary bees (e.g., Andrena, Halictus and Colletes species), where they eat the food stores and grubs of their host.
This is the best from todays batch - at 1/500 sec the wing beats are very blurred - tomorrow I'll try using shutter priority and make sure that I use closer to 1/2000 sec to try and get things sharper.
The larvae of these flies are parasitic on the nests of solitary bees (e.g., Andrena, Halictus and Colletes species), where they eat the food stores and grubs of their host.
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