#large pied-hoverfly

[ifelten]

Hvidbåndet humlesvirreflue (Volucella pellucens)

Hun på Rejnfan (Tanacetum vulgare)

Pellucid fly / Large pied-hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)

Female on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

[imagenic]

The translucent fly

I don’t remember seeing one of these before … Volucella pellucens, the White-banded Drone Fly, aka the Pellucid or Large Pied-hoverfly, which lays its eggs in wasp nests. Pellucid means translucent …

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