Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Resembles a Soldierfly?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
I have never seen one of these, it is quite large. It flew straight into the flower and each time tilted it's tail upwards.

Closest in shape I can find is a Soldierfly, but the eyes on mine look more bee-like.

http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/flies11soldierflies1....

The under side of the abdomen is orange and hairy, the top looks solid but sort of quilted, more like the hard casing of a bumble bee. It didn't stay still at all, in and out in a hurry.

Any clues?