Bee Fly Giving Birth - a photo on Flickriver

            This female Bee Fly (Bombylius sp.) is hovering just above the entrance of a ground-nesting bee.  Her wings are beating so fast as to be a blur in the photo. The tip of her abdomen is sticking down the nest hole.  Her maggots will feed on the food stores and larvae of the ground-nesting bee. Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, Baltimore County, Maryland.
   

Taken in: United States / Maryland / Baltimore (show map)

Taken on: May 3, 2015

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Owings Mills

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Sets appears in: • Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area • True Flies

Groups appears in: • Diptera • ALL ABOUT INSECTS & SPIDERS more » • Maryland Nature Photography « less

Camera: Nikon D810, f/18.0, 1/125 sec, 105mm, ISO 360 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D810
Lens:	105.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/18.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	360
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Imagenomic Noiseware
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