Let’s just gloss over the fact that insects and flowers are my only shooting subjects so far, and pay more attention to how crazy this bug looks. I was minding my own business and learning how the aperture settings on my macro lens affect pictures when this thing flew into the flower patch I was photographing. It is about the same size as what I call the B-52 bumble bees, yet it only has one set of wings and a long slender proboscis, more like a fly. It hovered above the flowers to clean itself and look at me, but perched on the flower to feed, again more like a fly. Well, a quick Google search shows that this is called Bombylius major, otherwise known as the large bee-fly. It is a fly that has evolved to mimic a bee, but without the stinging. And now you know what it is, besides creepy looking.
1/250s f/5.0 60mm ISO 100. Cropped. Au revior until next week.
..:: NJ Brideau ::.. 
Insects are the largest Order for a reason.
It’s like a big, fluffy fly. Who wants one as a pet?