I was taking some pics of my Girls in the yard. I saw this.... It was drinking nectar with the girls. Moved much like a fly rather than a bee. anyone?
(http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5752/dscf0741fa4.th.jpg) (http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0741fa4.jpg)
(http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1015/dscf0743dg8.th.jpg) (http://img301.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0743dg8.jpg)
(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4404/dscf0742sa9.th.jpg) (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0742sa9.jpg)
here is one of my girls as well:
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4712/dscf0734um6.th.jpg) (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf0734um6.jpg)
Alfred
I think it might be a species of clearwing moth, but the pictures are small, so it is hard to tell.
Oh, you can't fool an Old Horsefly, No, you can't fool an Old Horsefly.
That's my guess, coloring very similar to a honey bee but flies like a fly.