Yay! Bumblebee and Syrphid fly and Rose! Gorgeous colors, and very cool to see the size difference between the fliers!
FYI, the Syrphid fly looks very similar to one that I tentatively identified as Toxomerus marginatus, several years ago, with help from http://bugguide.net .
Not silly—pretty sure Syrphid flies evolved so predators would mistake them for stinging insects!
I only know about them because I asked a neighbor who's a retired entomologist to identify this (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/light_of_summer/10496101/113249/113249_original.jpg) one for me. There are a whole lot of them!
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Date: 2016-08-13 09:54 pm (UTC)FYI, the Syrphid fly looks very similar to one that I tentatively identified as Toxomerus marginatus, several years ago, with help from http://bugguide.net .
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Date: 2016-08-13 10:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-13 10:46 pm (UTC)I only know about them because I asked a neighbor who's a retired entomologist to identify this (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/light_of_summer/10496101/113249/113249_original.jpg) one for me. There are a whole lot of them!
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Date: 2016-08-14 12:23 am (UTC)