53 pictures found
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Large bee fly (Bombylius major) on flower, Vosges, France
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Large bee fly (Bombylius major) on Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis), Etang de Merrey, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Large bee fly (Bombylius major) on Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis), Etang de Merrey, Lorraine, France
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Bee fly (Bombylius sp) vibrating its wings for warmth, on Sage, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Bee fly (Bombylius sp) vibrating its wings for warmth, on Sage, Lorraine, France
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Bee fly (Bombylius sp) on a Lychnis (Lychnis yunnanensis) flower, Jardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt, Nancy, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Bee fly (Bombylius sp) on a Lychnis (Lychnis yunnanensis) flower, Jardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt, Nancy, Lorraine, France
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Bee fly (Bombylius sp) vibrating its wings for warmth, on
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Bee fly (Bombylius sp) vibrating its wings for warmth, on caryophyllaceae, Vosges, France
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Bee fly (Bombylius sp) on caryophyllaceae, Vosges, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Bee fly (Bombylius sp) on caryophyllaceae, Vosges, France
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Bee fly (Bombylius sp) on caryophyllaceae, Vosges, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Bee fly (Bombylius sp) on caryophyllaceae, Vosges, France
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Western bee-fly (Bombylius canescens) on Sage, Troussey, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Western bee-fly (Bombylius canescens) on Sage, Troussey, Lorraine, France
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Western bee-fly (Bombylius canescens) on Sage, Troussey, Lorraine, France
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Large bee fly (Bombylius major) sucking nectar from a ragged robin flower hovering in a meadow, summer, Finistère, France
© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
Large bee fly (Bombylius major) sucking nectar from a ragged robin flower hovering in a meadow, summer, Finistère, France
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Dotted Beefly (Bombylius discolor) with long proboscis resting on leaf Cotswolds UK
© Mark Boulton / Biosphoto
© Mark Boulton / Biosphoto
Dotted Beefly (Bombylius discolor) with long proboscis resting on leaf Cotswolds UK
© David Tatin / Biosphoto
Large bee fly (Bombylius major) on Aphyllanthe (Aphyllanthes monspelliensis), Luberon Natural Park, Vaucluse, France
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Bee fly (Bombylius sp) with dew drop refracting a flower
© Alberto Ghizzi Panizza / Biosphoto
© Alberto Ghizzi Panizza / Biosphoto
Bee fly (Bombylius sp) with dew drop refracting a flower
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10262 Bombylius major sur une vitre Diptera Lieu: Sieuras 09130 Ariège France date: 1 05 2013 IMG_7197.JPG
© Jacques Rosès / Biosphoto
© Jacques Rosès / Biosphoto
10262 Bombylius major sur une vitre Diptera Lieu: Sieuras 09130 Ariège France date: 1 05 2013 IMG_7197.JPG
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10252 Bombylius major Diptera Lieu: Sieuras 09130 Ariège France
© Jacques Rosès / Biosphoto
© Jacques Rosès / Biosphoto
10252 Bombylius major Diptera Lieu: Sieuras 09130 Ariège France date: 1 05 2013 IMG_7185.JPG
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Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica) Flowers details with Bee
© André Simon / Biosphoto
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica) Flowers details with Bee fly (Bombylius sp) in spring, Massif des Maures, surroundings of Hyères, France
© Eric Ferry / Biosphoto
Bombyle on flower Sage - Alsace France
© Eric Ferry / Biosphoto
Bombyle on flower Sage - Alsace France
© Monique Berger / Biosphoto
Bee fly gathering nectar Garden star of Bethlehem - France
© André Simon / Biosphoto
Large Bee Fly and French lavander - Massif des Maures France
© Steen Drozd Lund / Biosphoto
Greater Bee Fly in front of flower in April Denmark
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Large Bee Fly foraging in a flower Loosestrife France
© Pierre Huguet-Dubief / Biosphoto
© Pierre Huguet-Dubief / Biosphoto
Large Bee Fly foraging in a flower Loosestrife France
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Large Bee Fly foraging in a flower Loosestrife France
© Pierre Huguet-Dubief / Biosphoto
© Pierre Huguet-Dubief / Biosphoto
Large Bee Fly foraging in a flower Loosestrife France
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Large bee fly flying over a dry lawn Bourgogne France ; along the Loire
© Fabrice Audier / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Audier / Biosphoto
Large bee fly flying over a dry lawn Bourgogne France ; along the Loire
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Dotted bee-fly flying over a dry lawn Bourgogne France ; along the Loire
© Fabrice Audier / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Audier / Biosphoto
Dotted bee-fly flying over a dry lawn Bourgogne France ; along the Loire
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Dotted bee-fly flying over a dry lawn Bourgogne France ; along the Loire
© Fabrice Audier / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Audier / Biosphoto
Dotted bee-fly flying over a dry lawn Bourgogne France ; along the Loire
© Florent Cardinaux / Biosphoto
Bee fly landed on a Meadow Clary flower Doubs Valley
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Major Bee Fly
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Major Bee Fly
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Major Bee Fly
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Major Bee Fly
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Major Bee Fly
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Major Bee Fly
© P. & M. Guinchard / Biosphoto
Large bee fly on a dry inflorescence Larzac France
© André Maurer / Biosphoto
Two Bee flies settled one-on-one on a flower Switzerland
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The Large Bee-fly, Bombylius major, is a bee mimic. The eggs are
© Javier Torrent / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
© Javier Torrent / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
The Large Bee-fly, Bombylius major, is a bee mimic. The eggs are flicked by the adult female toward the entrance of the underground nests of solitary bees and wasps. After hatching, the larvae find their way into the nests to feed on the grubs..