Pellucid Fly (or Pellucid Hoverfly)

Woodland edges, hedgerows, and gardens rich in flowering plants across Europe and parts of Asia.

Adults feed on nectar and pollen from flowers like brambles and umbellifers; larvae are scavengers in the nests of social wasps and hornets.

Notable for its mimicry of bees or wasps and its ability to hover motionless in mid-air. Females enter wasp nests to lay eggs, where the larvae feed on waste materials and occasionally dead wasp larvae.

Harmless to humans as they do not sting or bite. Benefits the ecosystem as an important pollinator and helps keep wasp nests clean by consuming debris.