#3936 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Lesser Hornet Hoverfly
🇳🇱 Wespreus ·Volucella inanis
📍 Leh (Ladakh), Jammu and Kashmir, India
📍 Сосновский р-н, Челябинская обл., Россия
📍 Jennersdorf, Österreich
📍 Novokuznetskiy, RU-KE, RU
📍 Pilisborosjenő, 2097 Hungary
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Jyrki Sahinoja · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Leh (Ladakh), Jammu and Kashmir, India:© Viral joshi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Сосновский р-н, Челябинская обл., Россия:© Helga Green · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Jennersdorf, Österreich:© lastovka · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Novokuznetskiy, RU-KE, RU:© Тумка · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Pilisborosjenő, 2097 Hungary:© Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Volucella inanis is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 7 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,898 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lesser Hornet Hoverfly
- Nederlands
- Wespreus
- scientific name
- Volucella inanis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Syrphidae
- sightings in NL
- 7
- sightings in Europe
- 7,581
- sightings worldwide
- 7,898
- GBIF records in NL
- 386
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Syrphidae
#3752 📷 10Common Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Blinde bij
Eristalis tenax
👀 4.5k in NL
#3753 📷 8Marmalade Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Snorzweefvlieg
Episyrphus balteatus
👀 2.6k in NL
#3754 📷 10Tapered Drone Fly
🇳🇱 Kegelbijvlieg
Eristalis pertinax
👀 1.6k in NL
#3755 📷 8Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Pendelzweefvlieg
Helophilus pendulus
👀 1.6k in NL
#3756 📷 10Yellow-haired Sun Fly
🇳🇱 Doodskopzweefvlieg
Myathropa florea
👀 1.4k in NL
#3757 📷 8Hornet Mimic Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Stadsreus
Volucella zonaria
👀 1.3k in NL
#3759 📷 10Migrant Hover Fly
🇳🇱 Terrasjeskommazweefvlieg
Eupeodes corollae
👀 697 in NL
#3760 📷 7Trivittate Marsh Fly
🇳🇱 Citroenpendelvlieg
Helophilus trivittatus
👀 643 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 363754, Wikidata Q1497291, GBIF 1541740, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.