Published
Back in the winter of 2022 I was contacted by Roger Morris, one of the authors of the WildGuide to British and Irish hoverflies, who asked if he could use my image of a Cheilosia Illustrata in the new edition … Continued
Unconvincing
She’s pretending to be a bumblebee, bless her, but it’s not a very accurate impersonation. She’s Cheilosia illustrata, a hoverfly found primarily on umbellifers, and especially hogweed, whose roots are the preferred larval foodplant. August is the latter end of … Continued