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Hoverfly

Photo by missfroggie
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43.1813, -124.182

Field Notes

Habitat:

On a tomato flower growing in the container garden on my patio.

Species ID Suggestions

Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Reference Link
Sumukha Javagal
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Comments (3)
Sumukha Javagal
I hope my ID suggestion is correct. These species are spread over all continents. Here is a similar one from me- http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12791328
Jeannette
It is some kind of hovrfly (Syrphidae) :)

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Great Pollinator Project of NYC
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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
Photographed
PublishedAugust 28, 2012

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