What's this beast?

[KindergartenKop]

He is about an inch long. Can anyone identify him?

It's a type of hover fly I think.

Hover fly

He's huuuge. I though hover flies were little. This was bigger than a wasp.

Agree with PPs. This

www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/flies/hornet-mimic-hoverfly

Horse fly. The ones by us are HUGE this year and look like that.

It’s a hover fly

Horse flies are dull coloured and a different shape.

He is about an inch long. Can anyone identify him?

Why yes, it's Roger d'Hover-Fly Picault the Third.

Hornet hoverfly! Harmless, podgy and cute.

It's very lovely !

It looks like a blue bottle dressed as a wasp lol

She is a female hornet hoverfly, Volucella zonaria. Harmless and adorable :)

WSS

Lovely, and just so clever. Nature is amazing.