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Tricky ID - _TNY_6162

This one had me a little puzzled. It turns out it is a (female) lesser hornet hoverfly (Volucella inanis). That species doesn't have that much hair on the upper side of the abdomen, but from this angle it looks like it does which is what threw me off.

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Uploaded on November 8, 2019
Taken on July 27, 2018