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[Image Number] 53 [Image (Click to Enlarge)] Flower Fly Milesia virginiensis Oak Ridge, TN This large, colorful fly(a.k.a. Syrphid fly) would hover motionless other than the blur of its' wings. When it landed on these leaves I was able to quickly snap this picture. ... [Image Viewed] 1202 [Caption] 
Flower Fly Milesia virginiensis Oak Ridge, TN This large, colorful fly(a.k.a. Syrphid fly) would hover motionless other than the blur of its' wings. When it landed on these leaves I was able to quickly snap this picture. The larvae of these flies look a bit like strange caterpillars. Some hover flies look a lot like bees, but they don't sting. When one animal looks like another similar, but unrelated animal, it is called "mimicry". A bird, thinking this fly was a bee, would not eat it.
Insects IV - True Flies, Dragonflies and insects with "fly" in their name
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