Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) distinctive black and yellow hoverfly visiting Wild Parsnip flower, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) distinctive black and yellow hoverfly visiting Wild Parsnip flower, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, July

Rod Williams / Female Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) feeding on field bindweed Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) feeding on field bindweed (Convolvulus) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London UK August

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) feeding on field bindweed (Convolvulus) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK July

Nick Upton / Wasp-mimicking Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for bees and other pol...

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Female Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) resting on a grass stem in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) feeding on Knapweed flower, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) feeding on Knapweed flower, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) grooming, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / A German Wasp (Vespula germanica) compared to five Batesian mimics. None of the five wasp mimics can sting, but by appearing similar to a wasp, are avoided by many potential predators. All five mimics...

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) on stem, Lewisham, London, UK, June.

Alex Hyde / Prong horn Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) head on portrait of the wasp mimic, photographed on a white background, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Prong horn Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum), a wasp mimic, photographed on a white background, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Prong horn Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum), a wasp mimic, photographed on a white background, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Nick Upton / Female Prong horn hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) feeding on Hoary plantain flower (Plantago media), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Premaphotos / Giant prong-horn hover fly (Chrysotoxum cautum) one of the best wasp mimics both visually and behaviourally, UK

Premaphotos / A prong-horn hover fly (Chrysotoxum festivum) feeding from rock samphire flowers, UK

Premaphotos / Giant prong-horn hover fly (Chrysotoxum cautum) one of the best wasp mimics both visually and behaviourally, on a Dog rose flower, UK

Premaphotos / A prong-horn hover fly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) feeding from Rock samphire flowers, UK

Premaphotos / Verrall's prong-horn hover fly (Chrysotoxum verrallii) an excellent wasp mimic, UK

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum) female feeding on field bindweed Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. August 2017