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Hover Fly

Helophilus fasciatus

Photo by ChicaMc
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Field Notes

Description:

Hover Fly,Syrphidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ChicaMc
John, thanks again, you are right, appreciate it!
ChicaMc
Hi John, thanks for commenting and suggesting this id, I'm not convinced yet, but looking into it.
John La Salle
This is actually a wasp-mimicking hover fly in the family Syrphidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly Quite a few of these flies look very much like wasps and bees.
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PublishedApril 5, 2014

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