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Insects - Volucella bombylans Insects - Volucella bombylans
Volucella bombylans
Body length 14mm

Extremely good bumble bee mimic. Some individuals have white-tipped abdomen while in others it is red. Frequent visitor to flowers in gardens, hedgerows and woods and seen May-September. Larva scavenges in nests of bumble bees and wasps.

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