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Spotted on May 12, 2015
Submitted on May 12, 2015
3 Comments
I believe you are correct. I will correct. I was trying to learn all about the pollinating bees and so on. So many it is quite a task.
Hi Doreen! Do you have any other views? This looks like a species of Syrphid Fly. Many, many species of syrphids mimic bees and wasps. There are a whole lot of species, as well, and some look quite similar. :-)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/196/bgpage...
I would start searching here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/12646/bgpa...
Without another view or two, I don't feel confident to suggest an ID beyond that. Hope this helps.
This looks more like a syrphid fly than a bee to me. Are you sure this particular one had a hairy belly?