Black & White Striped Wasp-like Insects

[morningpearl]

Hello, I am frequently getting the above visitors into my garden this year and was wondering what insect exactly they actually are.

They are black and white striped wasp-like with wings like a fly. They don't appear to have a sting. They don't stop in one spot very long so was wondering if it is a type of an hornet? They are beautiful!!

[Dogghound]

Possibly a species of ichneumon wasp.

[tcvarlh]

Morning morningpearl!

You wouldn't happen to have a photo would you? Th Ichneumon wasps have a few black and white striped family members and so do the solitary bees. A bit more info would help.
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[JRsbugs]

With wings like a fly, could they be a fly?

How long are they, are the stripes on the abdomen?

Is the abdomen narrow or broad and flat? Do they have a narrow waist or is it about the same as the whole body?

What type of eyes does it have, those of a hoverfly which are big, dull and squarish or black, shiny and elongated like a wasps?

A hoverfly which has white 'stripes' which don't meet in the middle is Scaeva pyrastri.

Janet

[shenk1]

Vollucella Pellucens? - never noticed them before but seem to be every where this year.