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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Sep 02, 2009

I've seen these all over the place polinating. What is it?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 02, 2009

This is a flower/hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae); they often are found at flowers, and the larvae of many species are predaceous on aphids and other small arthropods. This is a very large family that includes species that can have widely differing appearances. See http://tinyurl.com/lm9ovg and http://tinyurl.com/mqht8l for a few examples.

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Sep 03, 2009

Thanks suunto. I tried finding a mtach to the scpecific spoecies of hoverfly this is, but no luck. Are there so many species of some insects that they don't even have common names?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 03, 2009

That's quite true. Not only do the great majority of insect species lack a broadly accepted common name, some species go by several!

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Sep 03, 2009

I'll just list this a "hoverfly species" then.

Birds don't have this problem, that makes it a little easier (plus there's tens of thousands of more species of insects than birds)

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