Often mistaken for a wasp, this is a good case of mimicry, however the hover fly is incapable of stinging and it performs useful ecological functions.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Section: Aschiza
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Syrphidae
possibly Genus and species Syrphus ribesii
Latreille, 1802