Volucella

Volucella is a genus of large, broad-bodied, dramatic hover-flies. They have distinctive plumose aristae 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.

==Selected species== Volucella abdita Violovich, 1978 Volucella anastasia Hull, 1946 Volucella arctica Johnson, 1916 Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus, 1758) Volucella dracaena Curran Volucella elegans Loew, 1862 Volucella eugenia Williston, 1887 Volucella evecta Walker, 1852 Volucella facialis Williston, 1882 Volucella flavizona Cheng, 2012 Volucella galbicorpus Cheng, 2012 Volucella inanis (Linnaeus, 1758) Volucella inflata (Fabricius, 1794) Volucella jeddona Bigot, 1875 Volucella latifasciata Cheng, 2012 Volucella linearis Walker, 1849 Volucella liquida Erichson in Wagner, 1841 Volucella lutzi Curran, 1930 Volucella matsumurai Han & Choi, 2001 Volucella nigricans Coquillett, 1898 Volucella nigropicta Portschinsky, 1884 Volucella pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) Volucella plumatoides Hervé-Bazin, 1923 Volucella suzukii Matsumura, 1916 Volucella tau Bigot, 1883 Volucella unipunctata Curran, 1926 Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761)