In the garden today

These blooms were planted to attract butterflies, that isn't what is happening:

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deadgerbil · 22-25

[quote]Hover fly, (family Syrphidae), also called flower fly, or syrphid fly, any member of a family that contains about 6,000 species of insects in the fly order, Diptera. Their various common names refer to the behaviour of hovering around flowers. Hover flies, with their yellow markings, resemble wasps or bees but do not bite or sting.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/hover-fly
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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@deadgerbil cool, thanks.

helenS · 36-40, F

Nice fly, pretending to be a yellowjacket!
Oh by the way, your pictures are excellent, as always.
🦋 <== butterfly for you!

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@helenS thanks. It looks like the flies that we used to have on the beach when I was a kid, we simply called them green eyed flies.

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