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Volucella pellucens
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Volucella pellucens is a largish and attractive fly, belonging to the family Syrphidae(Hover-flies. Its biology is remarkable : the females enter unmolested the nest of the most intolerant wasp species like Vespula vulgaris and germanica (the common amd german wasps). Any other creature, no matter its size , would be attacked and probably killed for this outrage, but the wasps do not seem to notice Volucella. The latter lays her eggs inside the nest, and when Volucella larvae hatch, they fall to the bottom of the nest, and feast on dead wasps and their dead grubs or other wastes, thereby cleaning the nest. The mutual benefit for the two species is evident food and a fantastic protection against predators for the fly, cleanliness and hygiene for the wasp...
The picture is somewhat noisy, but I hope the subject redeems a little the lack of technical quality |
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Hello Philippe.
Excellent image, very good details and colors.
Regards.
Jose Luis.
Hello Philippe!
Nice macro with good DOF and interesting note about the species.
On the other hand some noise reduction would be nice :)
Best greetings from Poland,
Radomir
Good shot of this large fly, you should have said how big it is in the note.
cheers
Chris
Hello Philipe
Very nice shot of this fly,
Perfect compo and lighting,
A little bit noise on BG.
Welldone.
Regards
Fartash
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