BUMBLE-BEE MIMIC Volucella bombylans var. plumosa, Norfolk, UK

Close up of a male bumble-bee mimic (Volucella bombylans var. plumosa) feeding on a mauve geranium flower in a Norfolk garden

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32755NDO.jpg

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(c) Papilio/Nigel Downer

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2528x3219 / 1.3MB

insect invertebrate hoverfly diptera bumble-bee mimic Volucella bombylans var. plumata male close up feeding yellow hairy nature wildlife mauve flower garden Norfolk United Kingdom Wildlife Nature animals wildlife invertebrates Insect male plants Europe United Kingdom Norfolk feeding garden activities animal creature creatures zoology undomesticated animals ecology ecosystem environmentalism nature masculine Britain British British Isles Great Britain U.K. UK NFK feed food

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Nigel Downer