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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 28, 2007

Found a couple of these on my sedum. They fly like a hoverfly but are tiny and have very thin bodies.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 28, 2007

I knew I had seen it somewhere! It is in the Family Syrphidae. Baccha elongata.

http://www.mashut.nl/mshphp/mshframe5.php?fnn=diptera

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 28, 2007

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/bacchini.htm

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Aug 28, 2007

Thank you so much! That is the one!
There are some minor differences like the amount of stripes on the end of the abdomen but according to the British site this is variable.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Aug 28, 2007

All part of the job.........tehe

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