I was just having a mosey round the garden in the warm spring sunshine when I noticed a rapidly flying insect that, every so often, seemed to suddenly hang stationary in the air. I guessed it was going to be Eristalus tenax, a large hoverfly that we see regularly in the garden, but I was surprised to see it was dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) which was definitely a garden tick for me. I’ve only seen these in France but I think at the last indoor meeting Pete ‘Wicker’s World’ Williamson mentioned they’d been seen at Wintersett.<\/p>\n
No photos yet but I am hoping to get one as soon as I see it again :\u00ac) Anyone have any info on this insect? Is it common and I’ve been missing them or is it a newly arrived species?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was just having a mosey round the garden in the warm spring sunshine when I noticed a rapidly flying insect that, every so often, seemed to suddenly hang stationary in the air. I guessed it was going to be … Continue reading