dark edged bee fly – Jill Orme Photography

4 Apr 2024

Hover fly

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Oh, my days – I am so sick of rain. I slept late this morning, for the simple reason that it didn’t get light until nearly 9am, and when I got up it was to the discovery that it had … Continued

22 Mar 2024

Bee-fly day

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The spring is sprung, The grass is ris’, I wonder where the bee-flies is…? Oh. There you are. About time too. Actually, this is exactly the same date as last year for my first sighting of a Dark-edged Bee-fly – … Continued

27 Mar 2023

Springy

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

For the first time this year, the garden was literally humming with flying insects, and you could almost see it lift its head, drop its shoulders, take a long, deep breath, and stride out into spring. Or maybe that was … Continued

27 Mar 2022

Genius

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Mother’s Day: croissants with chocolate spread for breakfast, phone calls and flowers from the Offspring, a trip to the garden centre with R, a happy hour chasing invertebrates around the garden in the spring sunshine, and finally this afternoon, a … Continued

24 Mar 2022

Self-care

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I hear a rumour that the current sunny spell isn’t due to survive the weekend, so I’m making the most of it by spending every moment I can outside in the garden. My Covid symptoms have changed again since yesterday, … Continued

19 Mar 2022

Major annoyance

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Right then, Mr B. major. Now we’ve finally introduced ourselves, can we come to an agreement? I realise that you don’t like me following you around, and that’s fair enough. But I need you to understand that this is my … Continued

31 Mar 2021

Zonkers

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

We had another busy, productive, and tiring day in the garden – mainly weeding and tidying, but R also cut back a tree that was getting above itself, and I did more patio planting. I also found some more excellent … Continued

17 Mar 2021

Major

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

In tonight’s episode of Photographing Very Small Things with Very Long Lenses, we feature the dark-edged bee fly, Bombylius major, spotted at a distance this afternoon, basking on a leaf. Two ‘record’ shots were taken (in focus), followed by two … Continued

27 Mar 2020

Deceiver

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

For all that she looks sweetly innocent nectaring on this aubretia, this female Bombylius major is exactly where I would rather she wasn’t – that is, very close to a bank containing a number of ashy mining bee nests. I’m … Continued

22 Mar 2020

Bombtastic

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

After a winter that has felt interminable, today we were finally treated to some properly spring-like weather. R and I had been planning a walk around the park at Croome, but luckily we checked the National Trust app before setting … Continued

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