First try of my 100mm macro f4.

[Glorfindelrb]

A second one of the same insect.

[Nass]

These guys are cool. Always the first sign of spring

[TER-OR]

interesting little well-insulated fly. Do you know what it feeds on with that long proboscis?

[Glorfindelrb]

They eat the nectar from flowers. This one was on primulas.
https://flic.kr/p/rDPTic
https://flic.kr/p/5u2EBo

[TER-OR]

I figured as a Bombus mimic it would be a nectar feeder as an adult. Sometimes insects with such specialized equipment are pretty specialized. That proboscis might be about as long as a long-faced Bumble's tongue - which would make sense.

[Glorfindelrb]

This is probably Bombylius Major and the adult is not specialized. The larva is a parasite of some solitary bees and wasps nests but again i don't think that it is specialized too much, the distribution would be smaller.