Plus lots of Bee Flies about with males occasionally landing on a flower to feed. Even when feeding they are still partly hovering as those spindly legs are not designed for holding on to petals:
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Feeding in the Sunshine
I went out in the front garden to photograph a couple of self sown plants but ended up taking photos of insects instead. First there was a lone Peacock butterfly finding plenty of nectar:
Plus lots of Bee Flies about with males occasionally landing on a flower to feed. Even when feeding they are still partly hovering as those spindly legs are not designed for holding on to petals:
Plus lots of Bee Flies about with males occasionally landing on a flower to feed. Even when feeding they are still partly hovering as those spindly legs are not designed for holding on to petals:
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It is great to see the Bee flies. It seems ages since I saw one.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: They must be breeding well around here. There seem to be more each year.
Deletethe bee flies are just cool!!
ReplyDeleteTWG: They look so different from the usual flies and bees.
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