Translucent - _TNY_1416

This is a female pellucid fly (Volucella pellucens) on a flower on the great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).

 

So what does "pellucid" mean? Well, the definition is "translucently clear" and it's called that because of the white part of the abdomen, appearing like a clear window (which incidently is why it is called "fönsterblomfluga" - window hoverfly in Swedish).

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