Can anyone tell me what this bee/fly/? is? He was loaded with pollen from this echinacea, so much so he could hardly take off - it looked like he had orange saddle bags!
There were several more buzzing around, too.
Didn't even notice the other bugs until I cropped the photo.
I think I found it. http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/hymenopt/Agapostemon3.htm
Anyone in California have these? I've never seen anything like it.
