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Photo#1854435
yellow-collared scape moth peeking around milkweed flowers?

yellow-collared scape moth peeking around milkweed flowers?
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
July 12, 2020
Size: milkweed flower for scale
not admiral butterfly, it had some blue on it, i thought at first it was a wasp

Frassed
Moved from ID Request.

bumblebee?
The only other insect I see on the flowers is either a bumblebee or carpenter bee - it's difficult to tell from this angle and without a closer photo.

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