First bee-fly of the year

[LordV]

First bee-fly captures I've managed this year - they are still very nervous. In the last shot a male is doing a territorial hover over a bush - they chase away anything that gets close to them (apart from presumably a female).
Bombylius major
Brian V.

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[macro junkie]

WOW..great find..love all 3 shots..last one is WOW

[spidermanrbryce2006]

what a interesting fly, looks bloody hard to get close, i hate flies like that when you have tubes on a 60mm feels like you get no where. Brilliant shots

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments :)
These aren't too bad normally once they have calmed down a bit after a few days - you can very close to them.

Brian V.

[Jay Lowery]

these things are crazy, we have them in the mountains. good shots

[johnkermit1]

nice lil Beefly.
great shots, and the last..amazing...

[LordV]

Thanks Jay and JK1 :)
Jay must admit the very first time I saw one of these I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me :)
Brian V.

[GaryT]

Nice captures Brian. All nice shots.

[LindaB]

Lovely shots Brian. Thats good news then that they are appearing, will keep my eyes and ears peeled over the weekend (hopefully the weather isnt going to be cr*p again).

Linda

[jaharris1001]

very different creature here Brian,, never seen one of those before,, Like #2 for that side profile