Volucella pellucens

The transparent Volucelle , or Volulcelle ( Volucella pellucens ) is a species of dipterous of the family of the Syrphidae.

Thanks to its hairy body, it seems to be able to contribute to the Pollinisation, although with less degree than the Abeille S and the Bourdon S.

Distribution

Northern hemisphere, of the Europe to the Japan while passing by the Siberia, but it can locally miss rare or, the wasps they-even being strongly rarefied in many urban areas and of intensive agriculture.

Description

This species of the size of a large fly (15-16 mm) has broad band translucent white on the abdomen which makes it easily recognizable.
Sa head front view is triangular (conical), sheltering a long language enabling him to nourish nectar of many flowers.
Son Scutellum and fringed black hairs.
Elle attends the écotone S of wooded areas, the Lisière S of pond S and ponds.
Elle practical often the hovering and sees April at October on the flowers, in particular of Ronce S.

Reproduction

The female of this species misleads the wasps by suitable hormones. It lays its eggs inside underground nests of the common wasp ( Vespa vulgaris ) or of the wasp known as Germanic ( Vespa germanica ), on the outside of the cells of “paper” .
La larva with leaving egg bores the paper partitions of the cells and develops in Ectoparasite of a larva of wasp. Later, it recrosses the paper wall and will nourish corpses of wasps accumulated in the content of the nest. It winters in the ground and in spring Métamorphose in Pupe. It emerges from the pupe, leaves the ground in the search of food and a sexual partner.

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