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30-May-2022 Gillian Mastromatteo

Orange-legged Drone Fly (Eristalis flavipes)

Greenbelt Trail West, Ottawa

I thought this was a bumble bee and only took one photo of it before getting distracted. I would have taken more if I had known it was a new flower fly!

Nikon COOLPIX P900
1/400s f/5.6 at 116.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
larose forest photos06-Mar-2023 21:37
That is a very cool Syrphid pretending to be a bee!! And a good shot of it.V
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