Scary? Only if you are a solitary bee like the one below laden with pollen and making a nest in the cracks in the clay soil of my Sussex garden yesterday.
Why scary to the bee? See http://www.brc.ac.uk/soldierflies-and-allies/bee-flies
Greenfinches & Goldfinches feeding on a wildflower lawn, 20 January 2025, West Sussex, UK
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Sunday, 15 April 2018
Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major in Kingswood, Surrey, UK
Scary? Only if you are a solitary bee like the one below laden with pollen and making a nest in the cracks in the clay soil of my Sussex garden yesterday.
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