Philippe Clement / Parasite fly / tachinid fly (Tachina fera) feeding on nectar from Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) in summer, France. August.

Philippe Clement / Tachina flies (Tachina fera) nectaring on Umbellifer (Apiaceae) flowers in summer, Luxembourg, August.

Rod Williams / Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) feeding on field bindweed Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) female feeding on wild marjoram, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK, August 2017

Nick Upton / Great / Large pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) female feeding on a Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) flower, Wiltshire, UK, July.

David Kjaer / Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) feeding from bramble flower, Wiltshire, England, UK, July. Bumblebee mimic species.

Andy Sands / Pellucid hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) a large distinctive species of woodland rides and clearings, Hertfordshire, England, UK, August

Rod Williams / Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) Feeding on wild marjoram Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. July 2015

Rod Williams / Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) male feeding on Marjoram, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, UK. August.

Kim Taylor / Parasite fly (Tachina fera) on Eryngium. Surrey, England, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) male feeding on bramble blossom, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London UK June

Rod Williams / Tachinid fly (Tachina fera) Feeding on ragwort Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London September