Good to see that people have been enjoying watching bee-flies for almost 400 years 😀 #BeeFlyWatch
Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme
Someone updated this copy of Thomas Moffet’s ‘Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum’ (1634) with the Linnæan name for the Dark-edged bee-fly, Bombylius major (Linnæus, 1758) and other insects. 🪰💚
Rare books #BeeFlyWatch, M.14.42 @theul.bsky.social. #Diptera