CLOSED: maybe a clearwing moth/ Sesiidae

Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b)

A bee mimic moth? There's a small green wasp (I think) in the flower, coming out, but hovering in the lower left is a very polite insect that just waited for the wasp to get out. Hard to see in the picture but it has long hooked antennae. (Maryland, July, cucumber blossoms)

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Sinks Grove, WV

It actually is a bee as well; both appear to be in the family Halictidae (sweat bees) - see http://tinyurl.com/mfvb33 and http://tinyurl.com/ox2cb4 for examples.

Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b)

Neat! Thanks!

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