Mimic

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I was walking into the clearing at Cleeve Prior Mill this afternoon, between high banks of bramble and wild flowers, when I half noticed a yellow and black bumblebee with a white tail, nectaring on cow parsley. In my defence, … Continued

Snout

And what a snout it is. Rhingia campestris is quite a small hoverfly, and thus easy to overlook, but once you’ve spotted one the only insect with which it could reasonably be confused is its close cousin, Rhingia rostrata. The … Continued