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Hoverflies

Photo by Alan Mäkinen
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Alan Mäkinen
Thanks, John, I've revised the name. The flies are feeding from Goldenrod that is growing alongside a shallow lake.
John La Salle
Not a bee - a bee-mimicking hover fly in the family Syrphidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly

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Wood Lake Nature Center
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2013

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