CLOSED: Some type of Hover fly?

Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b)

Is this some type of Syphrid/Hover fly or something else?

Thanks,
Linda

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Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b)

I think this is the same thing - taken a different day

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Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a)

I will be searching for that one too, I took some pics of one the same yesterday!

Mine didn't focus as well on the Eremurus but I'm sure it's the same. I got some other angles, one upside down which is clear.

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The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a)

A hover fly - Syritta pipiens http://bugguide.net/node/view/98372

Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a)

Well done ceejay! That saves us a headache, thanks!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ray.hamblett1/nature/flies.html

http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Syritta/syri_key.html

The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a)

Oh, my! That first site is awesome. Thank you!!

Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b)

Excellent ... thanks!

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