Rare Bug | Yellow jacket hoverfly

I've never seen this type of fly before. Its coloration mimics a yellow jacket wasp. It also resembles a type of robber fly.

#fly
#hover

[anonymousperson]

Apparently, they are not just a average fly, but a hero that saves fruit crops

[adawn]

I just found out about these guys recently. Never noticed them before, but this summer they've been plentiful. They're adorable, so friendly and inquisitive. I was putting up some chicken wire in my yard last week, and there was a hoverfly that literally hung out with me for hours! Just buzzing around like a teeny helicopter.

[edturner]

Hoverfly are apparently great for your garden. Not only are they good pollinators, the larvae of some species also feed on aphids and other pests.

I always like watching them fly around.

[FDDFGGSHORTS]

I like them. They are always friendly and never sting me, but they can land on me and still do no harm. We have a lot variations of them here in Russia

[Infantryvetth]

I have one that's literally followed me around everyday for a solid week in Kasatchie national forest here in Grant parish Louisiana. I assume these insects are more intelligent than we know. Because this particular insect is highly sociable. Reminds me of a jumping spiders behavior.

[stickykeys]

Every now and then in the uk there is just a random month where hoverflys are everywhere 😂 scares people thinking they are wasps

[KSPplayer-hllj]

You've gotta love how the hoverfly just casually left when he said “we’ll let him go back to doing fly stuff.”

[dvojkatrojka]

This fly is everywhere in my coutry during summer. Never hurt them, those are good guys. They look like vasp and shi and when its near you then no bugs or regular fly bothers you cause they scared

[ShadowLeviathan]

The fly is wearing some good drip right there

[YepImClueless]

had one of these a few months ago that was my smoking buddy id go outside with my dogs and he would just hover in front of my face and stare at me for a solid 2 minutes sometimes and then stare at my dogs and get right on their noses it was so sweet lol i felt special

[johnespinoza]

I saved one last week. Was out in the garden having a cig and it’s freezing and on the washing line was a little chap was that cold he couldn’t fly. He hopped on my finger and I took him inside put him near the radiator and within 20 seconds he started walking fast 20 more and opened the door and he was gone strong. I like them coz there baby’s eat bugs on my tomatoes and strawberry’s.

[RealApolloFN]

As soon as you said that, he flew off your hand lmao

[zebanderson]

wow it even wiggles its abdomen like a real one!

[ILKnierim]

Kind of resembles the corn flies we have around here

[DeceptiveNyx]

This is a hoverfly. They impersonate wasps/bees to scare away predators and can also hover, as suggested by their name. They are pollinators(i think)

[TVTIME-beze]

Their abdomen are so flat like as if somebody slurp the juice out of it like a gogurt

[TristanTheMONKE]

Its a type of fly. Thats why its friendly (edit 1: I realized that the title said that, but i didnt have the time to edit

[Vultus]

They aren’t actually rare at all, but nice find!

[AlexMuseMatrix]

I used to live in Ohio and these were EVERYWHERE

[victortillas]

I killed one in Kentucky last week with a salt gun, I feel bad now :(