![A dark-edged bee-fly drinking nectar from a flower.](/media/53044/bee-fly-bombylius-major-1157033-wtml-geoff-foale.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&heightratio=0.5622047244094488188976377953&width=647&rnd=133554063130000000)
Credit: Geoff Foale / WTML
What do dark-edged bee-flies eat?
Adults: sip on the nectar produced by a variety of flowers, including primroses, grape hyacinths and bugle. Deep flowers are preferred but they will visit smaller flowers too.
Larvae: feed parasitically on the grubs of solitary bees and wasps.