You’ll have to wait until this bee-fly is resting to see the lovely little dots on its wings. Two more UK species, also in the genus Bombylius, share the same fat and fluffy resemblance to bumblebees, ...

Bombylius discolor Mikan, 1796 - A smallish bee fly that has beautifully mottled wings. These are generally found in the Southern part of England but are fairly rare nowadays and are a UK BAP species.

They found 55 of the UK’s 39,000 species of animal, ... One species, the black bee fly (Anthrax anthrax), arrived in the UK for the first time due to climate change. Advertisement.

Bee flies aren’t anywhere near as well-known as the bees they resemble. The dark-edged bee fly, B. major, is the most widespread, with the other species rather unlikely to pop up in London. This bee ...

A new species of bee fly in Australia has been named after Game of Thrones villain the Night King. Paramonovius nightking was given its name because it thrives in winter, has a crown of spine-like ...