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Moby Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) Aug 13, 2013

Seen in the garden, apx. 3/4" long.

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2gardenkate Crofton, MD(Zone 7a) Aug 13, 2013

Looks to me like a fly but one that mimics a wasp. Flapdoodle?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 13, 2013

This is a flower/hover fly in the family Syrphidae, it looks like the species Pseudodoros clavatus - http://butterflies.heuristron.net/bugs/pseudodorosClavatus.html

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Moby Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) Aug 13, 2013

That's the one! It flitted about like a dragonfly. When it landed it would tap its rear-end along the stem.

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