Bombylius posticus

I cropped it a bit but I wanted to show the details. Bombylius is a fly that pretends to be a bumblebee. And when it flies it makes a lot of noise.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh wow I wouldn't have even considered it wasn't a bee, interesting!

[Peter Dulis]

Sweet

[Renee Salamon]

Great close up

[Beverley]

Super detail and words… brilliant

[Mags]

Delightful capture!

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Kate]

That fly has the hairy coat like a bee

[Christine Sztukowski]

Stunning capture

[Corinne C]

A delightful image!

[Heather]

How fascinating! Like others here, I assumed it was a bee! I love how it's tucked right inside the blue flower! Fav

[Kathy]

Nice close up of the fly going about its day. It certainly could have fooled me that it wasn't a bee.

[Islandgirl]

Great close up!

[Diane]

I love this! How interesting that it's a fly, not a bee.

[KWind]

Fantastic macro! Love the colours.

[*lynn]

lovely capture

[Shutterbug]

It sure does resemble a bee.

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely.

[Diana]

Amazing capture of this new to me fly, I love the little flower too.

[Wylie]

wow, it really looks like a bee, great mimic and lovely capture

[Corinne]

Nice catch

[Dorothy]

So interesting!!! I’d not heard of this insect! Pretty flower too.

[Margaret Brown]

Such a nice macro

[Karen]

A very neat capture.