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FliesSan Diego’s Mimic Bee?
For some reason, that past couple of months, I’ve been noticing different types of bugs in my back yard. Search the web and here I found, hands-down, the best bug site ever. Took a picture of this Fly? It looks like a bee except for a single pair of wings, the eyes (the eyes scare me), and there are no pollen around the legs. If anything, here is a picture. It’s not the best picture compared to the other photographers. Hope you like it. Keep up the good work.
Mike
Hi Mike,
My, what hypnotic eyes your Fly has. Your photo is every bit as good as the images currently on our site. It just required a bit of cropping. We thought this might be a species of Horse Fly, but Eric Eaton set us straight: “Actually, it isn’t a horse fly, but some kind of flower fly, family Syrphidae. So, not only will it not bite, it is a valuable pollinator of flowers, too! This one looks to be male, with eyes that meet at the top of its head. I think Bugguide has some identified images under the Eristalini tribe of the Syrphidae. Eric”
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