High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Volucella zonaria also called the Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, is a European species of hoverfly. In Britain it was only know from two specimens prior to 1940, and so was regarded as a rare. Since then it has become increasingly widespread in many parts of the South and South East of England, often in association with parks and gardens where adults are usually seen visiting flowers. Elsewhere in England there are only a few scattered records. The larvae live as commensals in nests of wasps of the genus Vespula). Like all Volucella The adults are migratory.