Species 56 - Volucella zonaria

What an insect! It's a least 15mm long maybe a bit more. This is my second species from the genus Volucella, it was bombylans last time. I've seen several more bombylans since but this is the first of these. Apparently the larvae scavenge in wasps nests. Just 1 more and that'll be 10 species of hoverfly.


Volucella zonaria





















Scores (how the 56 species so far break down by group)

Bees - 6
Moths - 3
Amphibians - 1
Plants - 11
OtherFlies - 3
Hoverflies - 9
Molluscs - 1
Beetles - 9
Spiders -1
Centipedes - 1
Wasps - 1
Butterflies - 4
Dragonflies - 1
Birds - 4
True bugs - 1


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