Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea)

About Yellow-haired Sun Fly (Myathropa florea)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Flies
• Family: Hover Flies

Myathropa florea, sometimes referred to as the Yellow-haired Sun Fly or the Batman hoverfly, is a very common European and North African species of hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September. It is of a similar size to the common drone fly, but M. florea is generally more yellow, with two light bands to the thorax, interrupted with a black central smudge. In museum specimens, any yellow colour soon fades to brown after death. Like most species in the tribe Eristalini, M. florea is rather variable in size, shape and colour.