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Unknown Hoverfly

Description:

This hoverfly has very erratic flying patterns, hardly hovering for very long. When it landed, it made tapping motions on the leaf with it's lower abdomen. A really pretty species, would love if someone could identify it! :)

1 Species ID Suggestions

Awesome3475
Awesome3475 11 years ago
Hoverfly
Syrphidae


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2 Comments

Faith Snyder
Faith Snyder 8 years ago

Wow looks like some kind of wasp/bee/hornet!


Awesome3475
Awesome3475 11 years ago

I've never seen that before. nice!

KathleenYap
Spotted by
KathleenYap

LA, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 12, 2013
Submitted on Mar 12, 2013

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