{"id":771,"date":"2018-07-15T22:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T22:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/?p=771"},"modified":"2018-07-16T11:38:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T11:38:07","slug":"the-translucent-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/the-translucent-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"The translucent fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">I don&#8217;t remember seeing one of these before &#8230; Volucella pellucens, the White-banded Drone Fly, aka the Pellucid or Large Pied-hoverfly, which lays its eggs in wasp nests.\u00a0Pellucid means translucent &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/the-translucent-fly\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-771 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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