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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Flower Fly on Buddleia
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 13:59:38 -0500
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Thanks, Don.

On 8/6/20 1:56 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Well done in all respects.  And it's a pollinator so if we manage to kill
> off the bees there are still some pollinators about.
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 1:15 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> It looks like a cross between a bee and a fly.  It took some digging to
>> find the name.  This colorful insect that I found on the Buddleia bush
>> this morning is a Flower Fly and harmless.  It's about the size of a
>> Honey Bee.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200806-P8062866.JPG.html
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA



In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Flower Fly on Buddleia)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] IMG: Flower Fly on Buddleia)