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Found this cool guy chillinā on the railing of my balcony. My sense is that heās not a bee but some kind of fly. Eyes donāt seem bee-like to me. Any thoughts as to id? Heās in Victoria Canada.
You're right, definitely a fly rather than a bee. It's a hover fly, and one of the drone flies in the genus Eristalis. Looks male from what I can see of the eyes!













