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Bee-mimic fly - Mallota posticata

Bee-mimic fly - Mallota posticata
Floyd County, Virginia, USA
May 8, 2016
Size: ~2cm in body length
Sitting on a leaf in the sun on a roadside near a pasture and some woods.

Moved
Moved from Mallota.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Either Mallota bautias or M. posticata - the former has bare eyes, the latter haired eyes, and I can't tell myself.

Please crop your image so the bug fills the frame.
Possibly a female, like this one, but I'm not sure. Let's see what the experts say.
Mallota posticata: ♀ Good Luck!

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