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A hoverfly browsing on a Delta Sunflower blossom at Ulistac Natural Area in Santa Clara, CA.
There are a lot of hoverflies in this area and searching bugguide.net leads me to believe that this could be a Syrphus or Eupeodes species.
Here are two links for comparisons on these hoverfly genera:
Leucozona glaucia is a woodland species of hoverfly, typically found in clearings, rides, and tracksides, but also in tall vegetation along roadside hedgerows, scrub, etc. The adults are usually seen visiting flowers, especially white umbels such as Heracleum and Angelica. The larvae prey on ground layer aphids. It can be seen from May to October peaking in July and August.
In my central town small garden. I think I have identified it correctly, even though this is not a typical habitat, more common on wood edges and hawthorn