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Helophilus fasciatus
Spotted on Oct 10, 2013
Submitted on Apr 5, 2014
3 Comments
John, thanks again, you are right, appreciate it!
Hi John, thanks for commenting and suggesting this id, I'm not convinced yet, but looking into it.
This is actually a wasp-mimicking hover fly in the family Syrphidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
Quite a few of these flies look very much like wasps and bees.