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Insecta
Volucella
Nomenclature
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Order: Diptera (True Flies)Family: Syrphidae (Hoverflies)
Genus:
Volucella
SUMMARY
This is a very distinctive genus which either mimic bumbleebees or the warning colouration used by wasps. Only two of the five British species have been recorded in the Outer Hebrides and only V. bombylans is common.