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Bee Fly

Villa arenicola

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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Field Notes

Description:

These flies are aptly named, they even "buzz" in more of a bee way than a fly!

Habitat:

Found nectaring in an open area in the sandy pine barrens at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

Notes:

Lifer!

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