Flight behaviour during foraging of the social wasp Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and four mimetic hoverflies (Diptera:Syrphidae) Sericomyia silentis, Myathropa florea, Helophilus sp. and Syrphus sp.

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Flight behaviour during foraging of the social wasp Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and four mimetic hoverflies (Diptera:Syrphidae) Sericomyia silentis, Myathropa florea, Helophilus sp. and Syrphus sp.

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