Anyone know what this is?

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vonclatt

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Saw a fly hanging around outside the entrance to the hive.

It was large and furry, thought it was a bumble bee at first but it was def a fly, it was big, about twice the size of a honey bee, had white furry patches on either side and a touch of red on its thorax.

I had a search on line and this was the nearest I could find to it, but this is a Botfly (nasty little bugger) and not resident in the UK, any ideas?
 
Saw a fly hanging around outside the entrance to the hive.

It was large and furry, thought it was a bumble bee at first but it was def a fly, it was big, about twice the size of a honey bee, had white furry patches on either side and a touch of red on its thorax.

I had a search on line and this was the nearest I could find to it, but this is a Botfly (nasty little bugger) and not resident in the UK, any ideas?

Was is one of these? Hoverflies
 

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