Pigeon Point Sunset
California
Flower flies, Hover Fly or Syrphid fly, sixteen species of which this is one are often seen hovering around flowers. They eat nectar but also will eat aphids and are important in natural pest control. This is a blossom of soft pink, New Dawn climbing rose in my coastal Maine, Phippsburg garden
kerria japonica, a   yellow, early blooming shrub in my coastal Maine Phippsburg garden
Hover fly hovering over double, pale pink rose, Phippsburg, Maine garden summer
a flying Aphid on the hairy lip of a Foxglove flower, macro
See photo in original gallery.