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Yellowjacket Hover Fly

Milesia virginiensis

Photo by AnnaLynne
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Bee of some sort

Habitat:

On Magnolia flower

Species ID Suggestions

Yellowjacket Hover Fly

Milesia virginiensis

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Comments (1)
Gordon Dietzman
Actually, this is a fly not a bee. More specifically it is a Syrphid Fly. Check http://bugguide.net/node/view/196/bgimage for more information and see if you can narrow down the ID.

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PublishedJune 14, 2012

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