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kwanjin (Zone 7a) May 07, 2008

I found this on my weeping cherry tree. It looks a lot like another on a separate post. Is it?

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) May 07, 2008

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 07, 2008

That is a Hover-fly, in the family Syrphidae. It looks to me like the American Hover-fly - Eupeodes americanus: http://bugguide.net/node/view/33142/bgpage
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/396/

Kennedy

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) May 08, 2008

That's the guy. Thanks. I'll keep him and his pals around as they eat bad bugs.

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