Arnold Hoogerwerf

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🌱 Today, I saw several Bombylius Major (large bee-flies) sunbathing in our garden. Not a bee, but a fly in disguise:

The fly uses this mimicry of bumblebees to its own advantage, allowing close access to host solitary bee and wasp nests in order to deposit its eggs.