A bee-fly in the garden, drinking the nectar of lesser-celandine. London, April 2016
Tag: Diptera
Photography: Sicus ferrugineus, a thick-faced fly
Happy Valley, Croydon, June 2015
Sicus ferrugineus is a thick-faced fly that I found here feeding on a common spotted orchid in a meadow. Its young are parasitic, it lays its eggs on bees.
Daniel Greenwood 