Great looking fly.

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  1. Kildale

    Kildale Nature's Window

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    There are some very colorful insects about and I saw one today.Helophilus sp.

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    Helophilus ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Wow!! That's a fly? I would probably mistake it for a wasp and swat at it!
     
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    Yes. flies just have one pair of wings. Wasps and bees have 2.
     

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