Spilomyia diophthalma

Spilomyia diophthalma

Spilomyia diophthalma is a species of hoverfly found in Europe and the Near East.
Spilomyia diophthalma - a beautiful hoverfly There are a fly with two wasps on the left and a Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata) on the back in this image. And then there is the biggest one on the right which resembles a wasp a lot but is in fact a hoverfly (Spilomyia diophthalma). I didn't find an english name to this one - sorry. This is the one and only individual I have ever seen. Apparently it's pretty rare in eastern Finland. Pity because I think it is a very fine insect. Eristalinae,Finland,Four-banded Longhorn Beetle,Geotagged,Leptura,Leptura quadrifasciata,Lieksa,Scandinavia,Spilomyia,Spilomyia diophthalma,Summer,Syrphidae,bug,diophthalma,hoverfly,insect,wasp

Appearance

Spilomyia diophthalma shows Batesian mimicry of wasp models, including black and yellow patterns and modified antenna shape.
Length 15-18 mm, June-July.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilySyrphidae
GenusSpilomyia
SpeciesSpilomyia diophthalma
Photographed in
Finland