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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Flies (Diptera) of the FWG (21 galleries) >> Hover Flies (Family: Syrphidae) >> Eristalis Hover Flies (Family: Syrphidae, Subfamily: Eristalinae) > Hover fly (Eristalis sp.)
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12-AUG-2011 Barry Cottam

Hover fly (Eristalis sp.)

The back side of this hover fly abdomen looks like that of Eristalis dimidiata, but as I didn't see the fly, can't be sure. Nonetheless, it is a good photo to illustrate how much like a bee most Eristalis species of hover flies are!

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS
1/500s f/4.0 at 5.0mm iso160 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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