Hornet Fly
A new find in the gardens today. I was looking on the underside of the plants for sleepy bees and found this Hornet Fly.
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Eastern hornet fly
(Spilomyia longicornis)

Happy Fly-day!

This is a harmless, wasp-mimic.
Photographed in September, in Chicago.

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