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Black-footed Drone Fly On Rabbitbrush

By Mia McPherson|October 7th, 2023|Categories: Black-footed Drone Flies, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, autumn, Black-footed Drone Fly, blooming, blooms, blossoms, drone flies, drone fly, Ericameria nauseosa, Eristalis hirta, fall, flowering, foothills, hoverflies, hoverfly, native, rabbitbrush, Rubber Rabbitbrush, sky island mountains, wildflower, yellow wildflowers|

While out in the West Desert two days ago, I photographed this adult Black-footed Drone Fly, a member of the hoverfly family, on a rabbitbrush.

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Other Things With Wings – Broad-headed Marsh Fly Photos

By Mia McPherson|September 9th, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Broad-headed Marsh Flies, Utah|Tags: adult, bloom, blooming, Broad-headed Marsh Fly, Common Sunflowers, flowering, Helianthus annuus, Helophilus latifrons, hoverflies, hoverfly, marsh, summer, sunflower, sunflowers, syrphid fly, Syrphidae, twofer, wetlands, wildflowers, yellow wildflowers|

These Broad-headed Marsh Fly photos are twofers. I got the hoverflies and the blooming Common Sunflowers in the same frames.

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