Common Drone Fly

Illustrated: Adult female common drone fly, stout bee-mimicking dark brown-black oval body without narrow waist, short tawny hairs on thorax, orange-yellow patches on sides of abdominal segment 2 and narrow band on 3. Large separated eyes, short fly antennae, exactly two clear wings and six legs.

Eristalis tenax

All languages

English

Common Drone Fly

Norwegian

stor droneflue

Japanese

ナミハナアブ — なみはなあぶ — namihanaabu

Korean

꽃등에 — kkotdeunge

Spanish

Mosca zángano europea

French

Éristale gluant

German

Mistbiene

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.