Jul 14, 2025
#VOLUCELLA PELLUCENS - PELLUCID HOVERFLY - GEMEINE WALDSCHWEBFLIEGE & BUDDLEIA - SOMMERFLIEDER
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#VOLUCELLA PELLUCENS - PELLUCID HOVERFLY - GEMEINE WALDSCHWEBFLIEGE & BUDDLEIA - SOMMERFLIEDER
@samirafee
Orchid Pellucid Fly
A pellucid fly, a type of hoverfly, feeding on a common spotted orchid, in Short Wood.
Hvidbåndet humlesvirreflue (Volucella pellucens)
Hun på Rejnfan (Tanacetum vulgare)
Pellucid fly / Large pied-hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)
Female on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
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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Pellucid Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) (by Silversyrpher)