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Jeannie63 Mequon, WI(Zone 4b) Aug 17, 2007

This little guy was feasting on my petunia. I am curious to know what he is. Thanks!

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 17, 2007

Jeannie, that is not a bee, but a hover fly, you can see in your excellent photo that it only has one pair of wings. I think it is probably the American Hover Fly (Eupeodes americanus): http://bugguide.net/node/view/33107/bgpage

Please add your lovely image to our page here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/396/

Kennedy

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Jeannie63 Mequon, WI(Zone 4b) Aug 17, 2007

Thanks so much Kennedy! I would have never thought this was a fly :)

I've added my photo to the image page. I got very lucky taking that picture - the sun angle was just right (did you notice his shadow off to the right?) and the fly stayed right where he was as I moved in for a close up.

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