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Bee mimic

Description:

medium sized fly that looks like a bee

Habitat:

Garden by the bay

Notes:

There was a similar fly with black and white legs

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2 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

He moved too darned fast! I got a lot of empty flowers

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Do you have any other images of this fly? There are two possibilities for this one I think.
Merodon equestris: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7222
Eristalis flavipes: http://bugguide.net/node/view/9136

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jun 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 5, 2013

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