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Bee Flies

DateThu 2011-04-14

A pair of bee flies mating.  Species Bombylius major (Diptera: Bombyliidae).  Female to the left, male to the right.  They were actually able to fly like this.

Photo taken at Dinton Pastures, Winnersh, near Reading, UK, on 2011-04-07.

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