Greater bee fly ( Bombylius major ) by larose forest photos


02-MAY-2015	Christine Hanrahan

There were many bee flies (Bombyliidae) attracted to the spring beauty flowers (Claytonia virginica), a very pretty, small, native wildflower.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/500s f/4.5 at 106.1mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Carol Rollins		26-Jun-2015 12:57
Beautiful capture.

hamery		04-May-2015 11:59
Again ...... This is beautiful , the color of the flower is so great and full of details, Christine. BV

Irene Wehrli		04-May-2015 09:08
Oh how pretty - spring has definitely arrived! Perfect capture of the flying bee and the beautiful flower! Irene

Hank Vander Velde		03-May-2015 23:03
Beautiful sharp macro image Christine. Great to see the Bees and flowers re-emerging.

hayl		03-May-2015 22:49
Wonderful to see the spring flowers in the woods at last - great macro of this happy bee fly.

Chris		03-May-2015 20:56
From the thumb I thought it was a bee orchid. It's a beautiful study.

Carl Carbone		03-May-2015 19:23
I saw one of these today, but couldn't get a shot. I love yours with the pretty flower and backlighting.

Glenn Dean (Vatorman)		03-May-2015 19:04
A delicate capture! V!

Ceya		03-May-2015 18:53
Very beautiful, Christine! V

Ton T.		03-May-2015 18:34
Nice image Christine! V

Pierre		03-May-2015 17:50
Une très belle capture sur cette superbe fleur! V

Jim Coffman		03-May-2015 17:30
A very fine spring capture!!

globalgadabout		03-May-2015 17:03
a pretty pair...the fly has quite the large wingspan..

Helen Betts		03-May-2015 16:51
That light is just superb, as is your perspective. A most unusual and striking capture! V.

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