Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Illustrated: Adult female yellow-haired sun fly, yellow face, black short aristate antennae, large separated eyes. Pale yellowish furry thorax with dark transverse markings forming skull-like shape, broad black abdomen with paired lateral yellow patches. Six yellow-black legs, exactly two clear veined wings.

Myathropa florea

All languages

English: Yellow-haired Sun Fly
Norwegian: dødningehodeblomsterflue
Japanese: Myathropa florea — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
Korean: Myathropa florea — Scientific name; Korean name under review
Spanish: Myathropa florea — Scientific name; Spanish name under review
French: Éristale des fleurs
German: Totenkopfschwebfliege

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

Reference sources

iNaturalist — draft common-name source
Natural-history identification source