Hover fly: a Batesian mimic seen flying between flower bushes. Found in ten afternoon at UCR Botanic Gardens.
After 1,000 observations here the subspecies is still not a default ID suggestion
Caught later behaving like a hummingbird doing some hovering
Second on the same shrub as the previous
Note to self: Take care of that plant
Mixed hardwood disturbed area. Victim of pesticide spraying.