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FLY MIMICKING A BEE - Eristalis tenax
Copyright © 2009 Marcia A. Sessions

FLY MIMICKING A BEE - Eristalis tenax
Greenville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
August 5, 2009
Size: ~ ⅝"

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Contributed by Marcia A. Sessions on 18 August, 2009 - 8:47am
Last updated 30 March, 2011 - 5:01pm

Moved
Moved from Eristalinae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 March, 2011 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 19 August, 2009 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

Nice shot, Marcia.
This one doesn't look familiar to me, but such good views of the face could help. Oh, it is a syrphid.
… Ron Hemberger, 18 August, 2009 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

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