This is a large family of wasps that contains all the social wasps and many of the solitary wasp species.
The nests of most species are made of mud, but some species chew plant fibres to form a kind of paper which they use to construct the nest.
This window by CE Kempe was installed in the South Aisle Chapel in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The window was paid for by subscription from the women of the parish.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bombyliidae
Genus: Villa
Species: V. hottentotta
Benedetto da Maiano’s Virgin and Child reveals a deep correspondence with the work of Donatello, whose influence shaped much of the artistic language of fifteenth-century Florence.
Count Vittorio Alfier (d1803) was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote some 19 tragedies between 1775-1787.
Hoverflies of mid summer, the larvae are often laid inside wasp nests, where they over winter feeding on nest debris.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Volucella
Species: V. bombylans
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Volucella
Species: V. inanis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Volucella
Species: V. pellucens
