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.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
