Tipula hemerobioides Scopoli

Generally they're a pretty nondescript group but that there's just this is one species that really stands out.

On the wildflower cow parsley.

Old Paper-Mill Site, Cardiff, Wales

Author: Nigel Pugh

Photo size: 7.2 Mpixels (20.7 MB uncompressed) - 3294x2196 pixels (11x7.3 in / 27.9x18.6 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: anthriscus sylvestris, cow parsley, feeding, macro, sciara thomae linnaeus, tipula hemerobioides scopoli, tipula thomae linnaeus, wildflower