This is not a bee...
Photographed in my garden on 18-May-2017, this is a male Merodon equestris, a hoverfly that looks like a bumblebee and buzzes like an electric razor. Also known as the Narcissus Bulb Fly, the maggots are partial daffodils and bluebells. They spend the best part of a year munching the bulbs then emerge as adults that live for only a week or so.
Highest position in Explore: 81 on 19-May-2017.
This is not a bee...
Photographed in my garden on 18-May-2017, this is a male Merodon equestris, a hoverfly that looks like a bumblebee and buzzes like an electric razor. Also known as the Narcissus Bulb Fly, the maggots are partial daffodils and bluebells. They spend the best part of a year munching the bulbs then emerge as adults that live for only a week or so.
Highest position in Explore: 81 on 19-May-2017.