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Plumehorns
Volucella
Volucella is a genus of large, broad-bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristas and the face is extended downward. They are strongly migratory and males are often territorial. Adults feed on nectar of flowers and are often seen sunning on leaves. The larvae of most species live in nests of bumblebees and social wasps, where they are detritivores and larval predators.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hornet Mimic Hover Fly
speciesVolucella zonaria
Pellucid Hover Fly
speciesVolucella pellucens
Volucella bombylans
complexVolucella bombylans
Lesser Hornet Hoverfly
speciesVolucella inanis
Orange-belted Plumehorn
speciesVolucella inflata
Volucella elegans
speciesVolucella elegans
Volucella tabanoides
speciesVolucella tabanoides
Volucella nigricans
speciesVolucella nigricans
Volucella trifasciata
speciesVolucella trifasciata
Volucella linearis
speciesVolucella linearis
Volucella jeddona
speciesVolucella jeddona
Volucella bivitta
speciesVolucella bivitta
Volucella inanoides
speciesVolucella inanoides
Volucella liquida
speciesVolucella liquida
Volucella suzukii
speciesVolucella suzukii
Volucella dimidiata
speciesVolucella dimidiata
Volucella bella
speciesVolucella bella
Volucella thompsoni
speciesVolucella thompsoni
Volucella taiwana
speciesVolucella taiwana
Volucella nigropictoides
speciesVolucella nigropictoides
Volucella varipila
speciesVolucella varipila
Volucella rotundata
speciesVolucella rotundata
Volucella nigropicta
speciesVolucella nigropicta
Volucella ruficauda
speciesVolucella ruficauda
Volucella plumatoides
speciesVolucella plumatoides
Volucella lividiventris
speciesVolucella lividiventris
Volucella laojunshanana
speciesVolucella laojunshanana
Volucella liupanshanensis
speciesVolucella liupanshanensis
Volucella vespimima
speciesVolucella vespimima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52481.