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Jabeka Thunder Bay , Canada Sep 30, 2019

I often see these very tiny, but oh so cute, bugs. Are they flies, wasps, bees? I have no idea.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 01, 2019

It's a hover/flower fly in the family Syrphidae. Many species are good bee/wasp mimics.

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Jabeka Thunder Bay , Canada Oct 01, 2019

Thank you Flapdoodle! They are not unlike helicopters in how they can hover. Lovely little creature.

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