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Myathropa florea

The species to the left is also common in many gardens. It rather looks like many other species, but is unique in one way: the lines on the thorax run across. From certain perspectives it even looks like the animal has a skull like pattern, thus in Dutch it is called the skull hover fly. This species is closely related to the Drone Flies and the genus Helophilus. It has rat-tailed larvae as well. They are especially fond of water in tree stumps. This species is conquering Britain right now, seen in more and more places.