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Episyrphus balteatus
These insects were very, very small. A centimeter long at best. I thought they were bees at first, given the coloring, but as you can see in the close up (second picture), there's no stinger (that I can see) and no antennae.
Spotted on May 25, 2011
Submitted on May 26, 2011
2 Comments
Awesome, thank you. That little bit of information led me to this page: http://www.gardensafari.net/english/hove...
And this identification: Marmelade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus).
They look like some sort of Hoverfly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly