Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major). People have various ways of marking the start of spring, the appearance of these is mine. In #Bath #Somerset #UK
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Not really enough to go on but this from this morning could be one.
@lionelb Ooh this is brilliant. The proboscis looks a little too thick to be a bee-fly and there appear to be a long antenna, which bee-flies don't have. I think it's a bee, possible a Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes). Here's a photo of one I took the other day
The cherry tree was covered with Hairy-footed Flower bees yesterday. I must pay more attention to how they look in flight.