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A wonderful Bumble Bee Mimic! Black with long yellow hair on the thorax and abdomen with a central orange band of hair on the abdomen. The long heavy beak for nectar feeding is visible in pictures 2 and 6. The antennae are dark and the wings are clear. Flower Fly, Family Syrphidae. May be Eristalis flavipes? https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollin....
Found on Daisies grown in wooden planters along the dock area, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Spotted on Sep 3, 2018
Submitted on Oct 3, 2018
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