Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis)


September 7th, 2012. We stopped by our favorite spot in the Scull Shoals Experimental Forest in Greene County and were lucky to see one of my favorite insects, the…

Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis). These are big flies that mimic wasps. This one had stopped to rest for a few minutes before it moved on.
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Identification resources:
- BugGuide: Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis) {Male] [Female

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