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flower fly Eristalis ?  - Palpada vinetorum

flower fly Eristalis ? - Palpada vinetorum
Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
July 23, 2016
I thought at first this was Eristalis transversa. It certainly has the transverse lines on the thorax but the abdominal striping is different and it seems to have more hairs. It was visiting rattlesnake master in my backyard prairie restoration.

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