Vollucella pellucens by GiMi53
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Description
Vollucella pellucens is a hover-fly. It occurs in much of Europe, and across Asia to Japan.
In French: Volucelle transparente, ou Volulcelle.
The female enters the underground paper nests of the common wasps and lays her eggs. Despite the conspicuous nature of the intruder, the hosts do not appear to register her presence as she makes her way into the otherwise well-guarded nest entrance.
Picture captured last week-end on the aster flowers in our garden ; Many thanks for the identification to Jean-Luc Renneson (Marbehan), Scientific collaborator to Royal Institut of Natural Sciences of Belgium(Natural History museum) IRSNB and Agronomic Faculty of Sciences to Gembloux.
Thank you very much for your comments on my previous upload:
"rural loneliness"

Comments (18)
Great macro
Fantastic macro! Great details and colors..!!
Very nice detail and composition!
wonderful clear macro with beautiful colors
Superb macro. What a lovely girl she is! ^=^
Excellent capture! I've never seen one of these Hover-flies before. :)
Excellent shot!
Fantastic clarity! Studio quality indeed.
Excellent capture!!
Impressive!
Quelle netteté, quelle précision ! C'est magnifique. Belle composition
On a l'impression de voir le nectar dans la fleur et je pense que c'est ça aussi:) C'est assez spéciale ..le fond a deux teintes bien distinctes. Superbe présentation Michel!
my next upload:
"Volucella pellucens(2)"
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Excellent photo!
Really like this one. They have some great looking heads.
Very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Great close-up